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Putin's tanks jam Musk's satellites

by on29 January 2024


Musky Russian tank jam 

The Russian Tsar Putin doesn't trust the space cowboy Elon [look at me] Musk to switch off his Starlink satellites when he asks and has installed jammers on his tanks to block them.

This is to stop the Ukrainian drones that use the satellite signals. The Ukrainian troops have to change their plans and get closer to the war zones,.

Musk's SpaceX project, Starlink, is a lifeline for the Ukrainian forces, who need it to talk to each other and use drones to spy on Russian forces.

The satellite service also kept the Ukrainian businesses going during the chaos. Both the military and the civilians in Ukraine depend on it.

Brian Weeden, a bigwig at the charity Secure World Foundation said that Putin wanted to stop Ukraine's use of Starlink, but that's hard to do because of how the satellites work.

At the start of the war, SpaceX gave thousands of Starlink kits to Ukraine, making their communication better.

But there was a row when a Musk book said the billionaire stopped Ukraine's Starlink access for plans to attack Russian ships in Crimea with submarine drones.

It turned out that Starlink didn't cover the areas that Russia took over in 2014. Ukraine asked for Starlink access in those areas, but Musk said no, because he was scared of getting Putin cross and causing him to start WWIII.

Last modified on 29 January 2024
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