"Ukraine’s top military-intelligence officer said Russian invasion forces in his country are using thousands of Starlink satellite internet terminals, and that the network has been active in occupied parts of Ukraine for ‘quite a long time,'” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov’s comments in an interview suggest that Russia is starting to acquire Starlink terminals, made by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, at a scale that could cut into a major Ukrainian battlefield advantage."

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    5 months ago

    They don’t even have missiles capable of reaching Russia. Missiles capable of reaching space are a much taller order.

    Edit: correction — they just received a delivery, like, today of long-promised Glide missiles with a 90km range. They can hit military targets, but not any towns or cities. Certainly not a satellite in space.