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WalterBright • yesterday at 11:09 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Musk replied to that post, defending his company's involvement. "Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the US government. Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS," he wrote. Musk added that Starlink is for "civilian or defensive activities and cannot be used for offensive military action, as doing so would be inappropriate for a commercial company".

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8wy9veedgygo


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mrbombastic • today at 12:11 AM

that was 2 days ago, this came out today: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/10/16/musk-appro...

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