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What would be banned are the dishes. China doesn’t need to send a missile to LEO (which would be unnecessarily costly for them).
China has previously demonstrated anti-satellite weapons multiple times just to demonstrate they have them (and maybe make sure they work), I doubt they'd be that worried about the cost to demonstrate that they mean it and are willing to use them.
So there still seems to be some restraint around the concept of shooting down foreign satellites. I guess it's a "mutual assured destruction" type situation: once you shoot down a satellite, you'd better be prepared to lose your own.
[1] https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_188780.htm
[2] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/22/elon-musk-spacex-thousands-o...
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Neither could destroy SpaceX satellites as fast as they can be launched. No State can. The issue would be whether they could cause enough damage to make the orbital plane (temporarily) unusable.
They have directed energy weapons that could probably destroy individual satellites one at a time faster than they could be launched.
According to their coverage map ( https://www.starlink.com/map ) there is no coverage in Africa nor Asia, unless I'm missing something obvious. Or if there are new continents I'm not aware of.
Antarctica. Thank you for this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/space/comments/x7oowo/starlink_sate...
How about providing free internet to China and Russia, to give the people there proper information without government oversight?
[0] https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-is-using-elon-musks-starlink-f...
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Eh, it depends on who "you" are. I'm pretty sure the USAF can use them on all seven continents. Meanwhile I, not having a contract, can't use them on any continent.
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What, exactly, is unrealistic about lasers?
With Elon Musk companies you need to be wary of claimed intentions and future plans, because exaggerations and lies abound in those domains. Don't hold your breath for FSD or Mars colonies. But when SpaceX claims they've already accomplished something, they're almost certainly telling the truth about it.
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A new ice bucket challenge.
There's a 300 degree club at the south pole. Strip, jump in 200 degF water, then run outside around the building where it's -100 degF.
Turns out this challenge involves a 200F sauna, so 200F air, not water.