Pentagon: It’s up to SpaceX to decide what to do about Starlink in Ukraine(spacenews.com)
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Pentagon: It’s up to SpaceX to decide what to do about Starlink in Ukraine
https://spacenews.com/pentagon-its-up-to-spacex-to-decide-what-to-do-about-starlink-in-ukraine/
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If I were the Pentagon, I certainly wouldn't want to pay Drama Queen Elan a penny more than I absolutely had to. :(
Am I missing something here? it’s not like the pentagon to be frugal with defence/attack spending
Despite attempts to be above the drama, I'd bet someone at the Pentagon is tired of Elon's predilection for frivolity and drama in his tweets, and has a somewhat personal vendetta while-trying-to-appear-impartial against the man. Hey, how did we find out about this in the first place? A pentagon leak? At an opportune time, which was later picked up by the media? That or a Twitter info "leak".
Why isn't it up to Lockheed whether or not to donate Himars to Ukraine for free?
"After arguing that providing Starlink internet service in Ukraine was becoming too expensive for SpaceX and the government should help, Musk made an abrupt about-face on Monday, tweeting that “SpaceX has already withdrawn its request for funding.”
After unintentionally arguing that Starlink should be a public utility, and that he couldn't afford to keep it running, he realized what that meant and backpedaled.
The Pentagon does not want to pay for CIA ops ;)