Thursday, September 14, 2023

Musk refused Ukraine's request to enable Starlink for drone attack [Updated]

 

It's curious the way that information can be used to influence audience opinion and understanding. While driving to campus today, I listened to a few different radio stations. WFMT-FM 98.7, WBBM-AM 720 as well as one my mother had introduced me to WCPT-AM 820. WCPT’s commentator said something which caught my interest. So, with some minimal research (Bing search engine query) I’m crafting this blog post. Elon Musk, former chairman of Tesla, Inc., owner (and former CEO) of X Corp. (formerly known as Twitter) and, more relevantly chairman, CEO and CTO SpaceX. According to WCPT's host Musk ordered a portion of the Starlink communications network disabled over Ukraine.

This was curious to me because of the timeliness of this reporting. The Ars Technica article which I'm primarily drawing from indicates a date of 9/9/2023 [updated thereupon] as well as 9/12/2023. Additionally, there's an entry indicating January 2023. Whatever the case may be the onus of the WCPT reporting had been that the shutdown of Starlink services had tactical ramifications for a Ukrainian naval exploit. It appears that similarly to PMC Wagner, Starlink is a mercenary operation when it comes to the Russia-Ukraine war. 

Grenee       09.14.2023 16:44Hrs


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