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Editor’s Note: This post was modified from its original to more clearly identify speculative content.
What’s New: SpaceX is blocking Ukraine from using Starlink for some military purposes
Why It’s Important:
- Starlink communications has been crucial to to the Ukrainian war effort.
- According to a Univ. Texas paper, Starlink can be reverse engineered to provide PNT more resilient and reliable than GPS.
- It is possible that Ukraine has done that and used Starlink for PNT in its drone attacks on Russia.
- Elon Musk suggested Ukraine sacrifice Crimea to make peace with Russia.
Bigger Picture:
- PNT use or denial can be used to influence a nation’s policy & war effort.
- If your nation relies heavily day to day on PNT that can be denied by others, how sovereign is your country? Even if you are a superpower.