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michaelt06/15/20257 repliesview on HN

Given that the blogger is based in Kiev, Ukraine? Good chance this goes on some sort of long range, Predator-style drone.


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neilv06/15/2025

I hope that the engineers and scientists contributing to asymmetric warfare technology there aren't designated high-value targets by the adversary.

Wouldn't publicity paint a target on one's back?

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burnt-resistor06/15/2025

I wonder how SL plans vary in Ukraine / for use in Russia. Assuming US-like pricing and limitations, for low speed drones, this would work. The gotcha is that for jet or fast prop drones in the 250-478 kts range requires a very expensive aviation plan assuming it's similar to US plans.

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mft_06/15/2025

Wouldn’t this give Starlink the ability to track and/or turn off operations in real time?

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tomaskafka06/15/2025

I am not sure - afaik there is a speed limit (assumption of satellite visibility and specific latency?) over which starlink won’t work, right? It can however be useful for getting the internet without announcing yourself to a swarm of drones?

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codedokode06/15/2025

Russians also use Musk's satellites and might find the information useful.

Also as I understand, satellites do not work over Russian territory so guess where this can be used.

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littlestymaar06/15/2025

Maybe just for front-line deployment, it would suck to be targeted by a glide bomb because the Russians located some WiFi signal.

multjoy06/15/2025

Kyiv