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phpnodeyesterday at 4:29 PM5 repliesview on HN

The terminal knows where it is at all times.


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wmfyesterday at 4:54 PM

I know this is a meme but for those at home the whole point of a war is to cross over the front line into the opponent's territory and capture it. If your comms are disabled when you cross the front you can't really fight. So "just disable Starlink within Russian territory" does not solve anything.

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mort96yesterday at 4:54 PM

The Starlink terminal can't know based on only its position which side it's being used by. Equipment is often used in enemy territory.

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ch4s3yesterday at 4:52 PM

Yes but the problem is that the battle lines are fluid and the drones are obviously aiming for the Ukrainian side.

morkalorkyesterday at 4:54 PM

It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't

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hparadizyesterday at 4:35 PM

I think what's actually funnier is that the satellite shooting the laser has to know where the terminal is with pin point accuracy too. So it's pretty easy to cut off targeting to a vast chunk of the planet.

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