sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 18 days agoIran warns SpaceX & Starlink will be considered 'military targets'www.the-sun.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1301arrow-down14
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minus-squareHobbitFoot @thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·17 days agoI’m not surprised. It is the reason why companies like SpaceX don’t want to be dual use if they don’t have to.
minus-square𝙈𝙞𝙖@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·edit-217 days agoNo one made SpaceX create Starshield, it was the $1.8B contract provided by Bidens government that made them want to do so. They are happy to participate in military affairs as that’s where the big money is.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·17 days agoNo, that was elon simping for putin, no more no less.
minus-squareeinfach_orangensaft@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 days agolol dual use. Space-X and Starlink have always been military projects the civil side of it was just to fool the world into thinking it wasnt.
I’m not surprised. It is the reason why companies like SpaceX don’t want to be dual use if they don’t have to.
No one made SpaceX create Starshield, it was the $1.8B contract provided by Bidens government that made them want to do so. They are happy to participate in military affairs as that’s where the big money is.
No, that was elon simping for putin, no more no less.
lol dual use.
Space-X and Starlink have always been military projects the civil side of it was just to fool the world into thinking it wasnt.