Comment on Russia is using SpaceX’s Starlink satellite devices in Ukraine, sources say
rdri@lemmy.world 7 months agoThey can’t be. Ukraine must have them under full control because they rely on them too much.
Also it’s much easier to assume that these modules, like any other modern tech these days are bought by Russia through other countries who it still does business with like China, Turkey etc.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
You’re essentially saying “Tesla has to know, because it’s easier to believe that they do.”
rdri@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Welp, Musk clearly isn’t even interested in exploring the possibility and just calls it fake news. I guess you won the argument by essentially saying “Nobody knows and no one needs to try”.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Not at all my point. My point was that it can be unknowable. And we have no idea if anyone has tried.
rdri@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You literally said it in your first comment here:
I also don’t exactly buy the possibility of Russian intelligence agencies being able to do stuff like this adequately. As anything else in Russia, they degraded seriously under Putin’s regime. They might not even be involved - I wouldn’t be surprised if those Starlink modules were just a nice opportunity found by whatever volunteers buying stuff like drones from Aliexpress and sending it to Russian army. Reports say they were purchased from UAE.