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Elon Musk's satellites help Zelensky dominate the skies: US billionaire's internet system is allowing Ukrainian drones to pound Putin's helpless tanks
MAILONLINE ^ | 19 March 2022 | GEMMA PARRY

Posted on 03/19/2022 2:10:12 PM PDT by dennisw

Aerorozvidka (Aerial Reconnaissance) is being used to attack Russian drones and target Vladmir Putin's army of tanks with the help of the newly available Starlink system which improves internet and connection speeds

US billionaire Elon Musk's new technology helps to keep Ukrainian drones connected with their bases It comes as the country has continue to suffer through internet and power outages throughout the invasion

The Starlink app is the most downloaded in Ukraine with global downloads tripling in the last two weeks

Elon Musk's Starlink satellite system is giving Ukrainian forces the edge in winning the drone war as the nation fights back with technology to track down invading Russians.

Aerorozvidka (Aerial Reconnaissance) is being used to attack Russian drones and target Vladmir Putin's army of tanks and track down their positions in the conflict, which has been ongoing since February 24, according to The Telegraph.

Drones used in the field are able to use the newly available Starlink to keep connected and provide intelligence as internet and power outages plague Ukraine.

With the technology, the drones can be directed to drop anti-tank munitions to help ward off the Russian attack.

The so-far-successful implementation of the satellites into the defense of the war-torn nation makes good on a promise outspoken mogul Musk - who challenged Putin to a fist fight for the future of Ukraine earlier this week - made to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier in the month, that SpaceX will send more Starlink satellite stations to provide internet to some of the country's stricken cities.

The president of the embattled country took to Twitter to thank the Tesla CEO, 50, for the support, and invited the tech mogul to visit Ukraine once the war is over.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: aerialreconnaissance; baghdadbob; dailyfail; drones; elonmusk; fakenews; gemmaparry; mi6agitprop; starlink; thedailyfail; ukraine
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To: canuck_conservative

Nah, I’m not thrilled about Ukraine, but I despise Putin and hope they lose.

However, other than some intelligence and weapons/supplies, this is not worth WW3 with nukes.

Zelensky is with the Globalist Jacobins and they are not good guys. Russia isn’t either.

By the way, this attack on Ukraine NEVER would have happened if Trump was POTUS.


61 posted on 03/19/2022 5:19:28 PM PDT by Sapwolf (Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. -Sowell)
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To: Sarcazmo

Same for me. That diagram makes no sense. I can’t tell how this system actually works.


62 posted on 03/19/2022 5:23:13 PM PDT by ironman
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To: patriotfury
The name is Azov Battalion.

Azov Battalion

Azov Battalion

Azov Battalion

It's their name you fool. Azov Battalion; not squad, not command, not platoon, not regiment, not brigade, but battalion. Azov Battalion. Lemme say it again, Azov Battalion.

63 posted on 03/19/2022 5:32:13 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: wastedyears

Names mean little!

The Red Brigades of the 1970s were hardly a brigade let alone two.

The Symbionese Liberation Army again of the 1970s was hardly an army.

Radicals always exaggerate their numbers with fanciful sounding names. This is to intimidate the easily intimidated and imply they have greater support then they actually do.
Also, to puff up the leadership egos! This actually might be the greater reason.


64 posted on 03/19/2022 5:44:49 PM PDT by Reily
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To: canuck_conservative

I prefer to research an issue myself before reaching a conclusion. I’ve learned quite a lot about the history of both Russia and Ukraine while doing so. What I’ve learned doesn’t jibe with much of what the media has been saying about these countries. I’m sorry if you lack the will or the intellect to investigate things independently before formulating an opinion. It’s much simpler to allow yourself to be manipulated by the media, yet again, and then denigrate ppl who don’t share your uninformed opinion.


65 posted on 03/19/2022 6:00:19 PM PDT by Prince of Space ( Let’s go, Brandon! )
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To: Rio

What have your average speeds been?


66 posted on 03/19/2022 6:07:26 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: POWG

Plus they can reposition satellites at will.


67 posted on 03/19/2022 6:12:10 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: patriotfury

So you don’t care that the Azov battalion along with other assorted neonazi militias have shelled the Donbas and Donetsk regions for 8 years? Over 14,000 ppl have been killed, many of them Russian. Is Putin supposed to ignore the merciless murder of civilians?


68 posted on 03/19/2022 6:14:50 PM PDT by Prince of Space ( Let’s go, Brandon! )
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To: faithhopecharity

“USA permitting this is an act of war”

Oh please! You must not have any idea of all the things we did to Russia during Reagan’s first term. We caused their biggest oil refining center to blow up in what the largest non nuclear explosion up till that time.


69 posted on 03/19/2022 6:16:15 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: patriotfury

Tell what you saw first hand at CENTCOM re Russians building Iranian IEDs to he used against our troops in Iraq, so we stop hearing the perl clutching about us or someone helping the Ukrainians.


70 posted on 03/19/2022 6:32:06 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Sarcazmo

“I thought that’s why its no good for boats.”

How would the satellite accurately point to a satellite while bobbing about on a boat?


71 posted on 03/19/2022 6:34:11 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Prince of Space

A monster illegally invaded a sovereign country.

The same monster who killed political opponents and any journalists who dared to criticize him. The same monster who turned Russia into a dysfunctional Police State.

Yes I’ve done my research.


72 posted on 03/19/2022 6:36:59 PM PDT by canuck_conservative
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To: canuck_conservative
You said - - "A monster illegally invaded a sovereign country." The same monsterwho killed political opponents".....


73 posted on 03/19/2022 6:43:17 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: canuck_conservative

Don’t you have a revolution to attend? Clean your own house before trying to arrange chairs on the titanic.


74 posted on 03/19/2022 6:46:20 PM PDT by wgmalabama (We will find out if the Vac or virus risk was the correct choice - can we put truth above narrative )
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To: dennisw
...the newly available Starlink system which improves internet and connection speeds

Big deal!

I just got GREATLY improved connection speeds at home and found out that none of my current equipment can handle them!

75 posted on 03/19/2022 6:58:19 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Born to Conserve
There are going to be a lot of very, very angry Ukrainian men who will be angry for a very, very long time.


76 posted on 03/19/2022 7:01:56 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: dennisw

I have to give this story a...hmmm...

Depictions of satellites and drones in a “news” story doesn’t mean they are in fact inter-operating in some effective manner.

I’m just a tech but everything I know says it’s not so easy.


77 posted on 03/19/2022 7:36:32 PM PDT by JustaTech (A mind is a terrible thing)
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To: dennisw

Lol…. Anyone who thinks Putin isn’t winning is a moron. I wouldn’t mess with Russia under any circumstances….assuming Putin isn’t merely an actor playing his part since we know War is a Racket.


78 posted on 03/19/2022 9:42:22 PM PDT by ForbesFan
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To: dennisw

....individual Americans are not supposed to speak for our country in foreign affairs....


79 posted on 03/19/2022 10:12:28 PM PDT by Tzimisce ( )
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To: wastedyears

Ahhh... So this old Soldier and Marine who has served his country his entire life, and still serving with the DOD, is a fool for defining what a battalion is -

Okay, I’ll will be that fool with great pride, gratefulness, and thankfulness in my heart to God for allowing me to live in this country, and to have the privilege and honor of sacrificing for it. 🇺🇸


80 posted on 03/19/2022 10:32:37 PM PDT by patriotfury ((May the fleas of a lcamels occupy mo' ham mads tents!) )
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