Posted on 09/08/2023 5:55:54 AM PDT by Red Badger
Elon Musk, the philanthropic billionaire and CEO of SpaceX, recently found himself in a tumultuous international situation. A forthcoming biography reveals that Musk ordered the suspension of Starlink, his company’s satellite communication network, over Crimea to prevent an imminent Ukrainian attack on Russian warships.
The decision, which has sparked widespread debate, was apparently driven by fears of a potential escalation into nuclear warfare. Musk’s intervention, however, has prompted criticism from some quarters, including Ukrainian officials who decried the move as a disruption to their military strategy.
Musk reportedly asked, “How am I in this war?” during an interview with author Walter Isaacson.
“Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes,” Musk stated, according to the book.
“I think if the Ukrainian attacks had succeeded in sinking the Russian fleet, it would have been like a mini Pearl Harbor and led to a major escalation,”Isaacson quoted Musk as saying. “We did not want to be a part of that.”
The owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, told Isaacson that he was worried the Ukrainian sneak attack would provoke Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin into launching a nuclear war.
On X, Musk wrote, “The Starlink regions in question were not activated. SpaceX did not deactivate anything.”
“There was an emergency request from government authorities to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol,” Musk added. “The obvious intent being to sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor. If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation.”
While some critics argue that Musk’s actions were detrimental to Ukraine’s strategic interests, others point out that his decision may have averted a catastrophic escalation of the conflict. As reported by various sources, Musk’s primary concern was the potential for his technology to inadvertently precipitate a war of catastrophic proportions.
Isaacson’s book, titled “Elon Musk,” is slated to release next week.
Such hyperbole.
But thats war reporting.
Had he not done that, Russia would have just shot them all down.
He made a business decision to protect his investment..............
Good job Elon!
Medvedev put it best:
“If what Isaacson has written in his book is true, then it looks like Musk is the last adequate mind in North America,”
“Or, at the very least, in gender-neutral America, he is the one with the balls,” the official added.”
Maybe Ukraine should invest in a network of satellites with the 100b they’ve been given if that’s all that’s needed to take down the Russians...
But he didn’t make a decision. The satellites were not active. There was nothing to “turn on” or “off.”
This is literally a story about nothing.
But you would think it was a world changing decision. Musk is a huckster and Isaacson has a book coming out.
Look at everyone talking about it. LOL.
I tend to think stopping nuclear war is a bit over the top. But we each do what we can do to not to contribute to this war. Well, some of us do, even if it is just speaking out against it and emailing our elected representatives.
“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.” - Oscar Wilde..........
Ukraine has demonstrated successful drone strike all the way to Moscow.
Why would they need Starlink to Sevastopol?
—> then it looks like Musk is the last adequate mind in North America,”
And the leading African-American businessman…
Proper call. Those people are trying to drag starlight into a never ending round of escalation- without paying up front.
I read they asked him to extend the Starlink coverage to enable the raid and he refused.
Musk has two assets not known to our marshmallow major eddikashun, spineless politicians: intelligence and leadership ability. Either we get rid of these politicians in any way possible, or we are doomed. Period
Not with missiles.....Lasers.
No big problem................
Plus they would only have to disable the ones over the battlegrounds................
It seems unlikely they have the capability of directed energy weapons to take out satellites. It they had the capability, they could use it to take out planes and drones.
Why would you need directed energy to take out satellites?
An ASAT can be simply another satellite with a variety of weapons on board. And Russia is more then capable of building and deploying those vehicles at the rather low orbital altitude of the Starlink constellation.
Undoubtedly they have let Starlink know that.
Musk did what he had to do to keep himself out of the fight.
Just all that debris. We are talking about 2760 pound satellites. Consider also that they may have their own satellites that pass through the Star link orbits.
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