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Department of Defense has had a perhaps unexpected taste of Starlink’s capabilities in real warfare and they will not let them go. I expect a large infusion of cash from that direction if anything bad was on the horizon.

I mean, read what little official commentary is available from them. You can practically hear those guys salivating at what they’re seeing: unjammable, indestructible, untappable communications infrastructure with high bandwidth and 5 min setup time in the field, man portable if necessary.



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