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Musk Secretly Used Starlink to Foil Ukrainian Drone Attack on Russian Ships (www.thedailybeast.com)
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Original source: https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/07/politics/elon-musk-biography-walter-isaacson-ukraine-starlink/index.html

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[–] DarkenLM@kbin.social 76 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It would be hilarious for the US and/or the EU freeze his assets and punch his market influence to the ground if they accuse him of espionage.

[–] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 101 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nationalizing the satellites that we paid for as a national security asset sure seems reasonable here, seeing as he likely broke a contract when he disabled them.

Imagine if Lockheed disabled an allied F16's targeting computer during a mission; there would be hell to pay.

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago

it's more like a violation of War Powers Act or something, but yeah.. he's probably fucked..