▲ 2018 ▼ Musk's interference to protect Russia allowed Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities, and resulted in the deaths of civilians including children - Zelensky advisor. (sh.itjust.works) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/news@lemmy.world 275 comments fedilink hide all child comments One of many articles: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/musk-stopped-ukraine-attack-russian-fleet-starlink-rcna104019
[–] Grellan@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) Go check out who runs GPS. Starling being nationalized isn't happening, but if it did the service would likely keep on keeping on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Crozekiel@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) GPS is quite a bit different. The satellites just orbit and send the same information out. The user device doesn't have to send anything back - the "communication" is only 1-way. Also, GPS is significantly further out from the planet and involves a lot less satellites, so it is not really feasible to turn them off specifically targeting a small area or an individual target - you'd have to black out a huge chunk of the planet to reliably block "an enemy" from using it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago And that is why Russia also uses GPS. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Crozekiel@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child) GPS is quite a bit different. The satellites just orbit and send the same information out. The user device doesn't have to send anything back - the "communication" is only 1-way. Also, GPS is significantly further out from the planet and involves a lot less satellites, so it is not really feasible to turn them off specifically targeting a small area or an individual target - you'd have to black out a huge chunk of the planet to reliably block "an enemy" from using it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jarfil@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago And that is why Russia also uses GPS. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jarfil@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago And that is why Russia also uses GPS. permalink fedilink source parent
