Exclusive: Lawmakers Demand Elon Musk Provide SpaceX Internet To US Military In Taiwan
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Musk was told that withholding Starlink satellite internet service in Taiwan could put SpaceX in breach of its “contractual obligations with the U.S. government.”

U.S. lawmakers are calling on Elon Musk to make SpaceX’s Starshield military-specific satellite communications network available to American defense forces in Taiwan after years of refusing to do b…::Musk was told that withholding Starlink satellite internet service in Taiwan could put SpaceX in breach of its “contractual obligations with the U.S. government.”

  • BugKilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    60·
    9 months ago

    In what fucking universe is putting secure military communications under the control of a private entity a good idea?

    • maynarkh@feddit.nlEnglish
      35·
      9 months ago

      I mean it’s not like putting healthcare or education or other basic social services under private ownership is a good idea either, but that’s where the US seems to be headed.

      Imagine in 20 years, the Hobby Lobby Carrier Battle Group will no longer sound absurd.

    • Joe@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      12·
      9 months ago

      It’s fine that it came from a private company, but the contracts with the Government must be solid, and the national security obligations 100% clear.