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When your air defense depends on a satellite service whose speed limit can apparently change without explanation, you’ve outsourced more than connectivity. SpaceX says nothing changed, Ukraine says its interceptors are being crippled. Either way, this is a spectacular advertisement for why critical military infrastructure needs independent alternatives.
AI slop, upvoted by bots
That’s a nice argument, why don’t you back it up with a source?
The need every bit of air defense they can get. This is not a outsourcing issue.
It’s more a look at how monopolies shouldn’t exist. No other company is even close to SpaceX when it comes to putting satellites into orbit. By a huge margin. One company shouldn’t be able to turn off internet to an entire group.
Exactly. The problem isn’t simply that SpaceX has enormous market power. It’s that governments allowed critical infrastructure to become dependent on a single private company. When one CEO can potentially influence military operations by changing service conditions, that’s no longer just a competition issue.
