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by gambler 1522 days ago
What is the evidence of this "electromagnetic warfare attack"? What is claimed to be attacked and how? How was it affecting SpaceX? Is SpaceX/Starlink really crucial to anything in Ukraine? Etc, etc.

The only "explanation" this article offers is a link to a meandering video that doesn't answer any of these questions.

After "establishing" the premise, the article immediately launches into demands for more resources:

"We need to be able to have that agility"

"We need to be able to change"

"The U.S. needs to think a lot more innovatively"

"This includes incorporating artificial intelligence and machine learning into next-generation systems to be able to respond faster"

Over time articles like this one make people accumulate an extensive set of assumptions that basically aren't supported by anything except endless repetition.

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agreed that the article is trash, but Starlink is important to Ukraine - the Ukrainian drones use Starlink for their uplinks (note that terminal roaming is enabled in Ukraine, you couldn't do this in the US!)
Not the drone themselves (yet), but instead the drone operators (to relay information back).
There are already at least few examples of drone-mounted Starlinks.