Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield depends on SpaceX

Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep... by jacquesm on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:41AM (#50089429)

And we pay them back by restricting their access to weaponry, fight with one arm tied behind their backs against a much larger invader (notably: signatory to that memorandum) and on top of that use them as scapegoat for the effects of conflicts caused by others.

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Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep... by epolanski on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:54AM (#50089660)

The US restricts sales of core weaponry to everyone, allies included.

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Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep... by jacquesm on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @12:09PM (#50089945)

As long as it had allies, it did. This is heading in a very bad direction and if you don't see that then I really can't help.

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Re:Starlink limit hits Ukraine's drones. The battlefield dep... by epolanski on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @01:59PM (#50092053)

I don't know where did you get the impression I'm stating the opposite.

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