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Re:Starlink is now on all seven continents, enabled by its s... by gpm on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @01:50PM (#32840706)
China has previously demonstrated anti-satellite weapons multiple times just to demonstrate they have them (and maybe make sure they work), I doubt they'd be that worried about the cost to demonstrate that they mean it and are willing to use them.
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Re:Starlink is now on all seven continents, enabled by its s... by wcoenen on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @02:13PM (#32840985)
Russia has done the same demonstration last year [1]. And yet they have not destroyed starlink, even though SpaceX donated many dishes to Ukraine[2].

So there still seems to be some restraint around the concept of shooting down foreign satellites. I guess it's a "mutual assured destruction" type situation: once you shoot down a satellite, you'd better be prepared to lose your own.

[1] https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_188780.htm

[2] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/22/elon-musk-spacex-thousands-o...

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Re:Starlink is now on all seven continents, enabled by its s... by true_religion on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @02:17PM (#32841074)
Ukraine isn't Russian territory even though Russia would like to believe differently.

On the other hand, providing free media merely to subvert the people of main land China could be seen as a company over stepping it's bounds by far.

I will bet China would sanction anyone who dealt with Starlink.

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