So many people here showing they know nothing about satcom or wireless networks
Russian troops use Starlink licensed and imported from Dubai
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Re: Russian troops use Starlink licensed and imported from Dubai
#72I'm surprised I haven't seen anyone propose the possibility that allowing Russia to use Starlimk is an espionage play.
I have no idea if that's actually what's going on, but if it would give Starlink information on troop locations and open a door for listening in on all Starlink-based communications, you would want the public and Russia to believe the CEO is on their side. It would also align with the fact that Russia's big military pushes to secure and advance the front have largely failed or ended in stalemate. Tie that to the number of Russian ships attacked and again, if Russia is using Starlink Maritime that would track as well.
By no means am I proposing this as the likely scenario, but it does seem possible and one that gets buried by people piling on to hate on Elon.
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#73Something to note: I would not trust a single sentence coming from this site, knowing who is running it - he is no way affiliated with the Bulgarian military or army and is likely on russia's payroll.
>he is no way affiliated with the Bulgarian military or army and is likely on russia's payroll
The sheer number of people - Americans, mostly - who consider Russia this omnipotent boogeyman is both hilarious and scary. Everything is Russian propaganda, you can't believe anything a Russian says, all Russians are evil. I mean, where does this mentality come from? It's insane. In some circles you can literally dismiss anything by mentioning it could be Russia. Even the politicians do it.
Take this article: what is the big Russian conspiracy, on some obscure site, some of which can be confirmed on X? Wouldn't someone on Putin's payroll be better served not publicizing that they are using Starlink?
Re: Russian troops use Starlink licensed and imported from Dubai
#74Curious to see if Musk is willing to step in and disable them or if this treatment is reserved for UAF only.
Spreading disinformation I see.
Starlink has a service map that excludes certain areas.
Go take a look at Ukraine
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
The point is that he's done this before in order to disadvantage Ukraine. He is quite clearly on the side of russia.
He is on the side of Russia but giving away for free this Starlink thing to the UAF that has proven useful for their operations. But how come the UAF are still using Starlink if it's provided by someone clearly on the side or Russia?
If you are actively working to protect the ships that russia uses to launch cruise missiles at civilians, then you are on the side of russia.
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#76Just like bankers - always funding both sides of the war.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
> don't have the ability to geoblock I don’t think anything is stopping them from triangulating if they wanted to, right?
Physically impossible if you just have a couple satellites in GEO.
There is a GPS in the terminal and I can guarantee the gps data is transmitted to Starlink noc/hub in real time. It's trivial to geoblock terminals.
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
He is on the side of Russia but giving away for free this Starlink thing to the UAF that has proven useful for their operations. But how come the UAF are still using Starlink if it's provided by someone clearly on the side or Russia?
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I think they were geofenced all along. Otherwise Russians could have used captured Starlink terminals to their advantage.
Nothing to do with Starlink or Musk. Those orders were from the State Department.
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
>He is quite clearly on the side of russia. He said he "donated $100M to Ukraine" though: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1650008972865224704
He's lied on Twitter before. https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1026872652290379776 resulted in his having to step down as Tesla board chair and have his tweets vetted by a minder. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/elon-musk-ordered-to-ab...
I assume he meant that the 20,000 Starlink terminals donated to Ukraine had cost $100 million.
Re: Russian troops use Starlink licensed and imported from Dubai
#80So many people here showing they know nothing about satcom or wireless networks
High bandwidth phased array LEO satellite internet is a relatively new concept. Give them some time.