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2023-02-13 00:37:37 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 58A85AF34FD2509A37A229E2E58C33E174FCB05E62DCB35A653A83274A642CD4
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Access was revoked to “limit" the abilities of the Ukrainian armed forces to use Starlink in an offensive way. However, in 2020, SpaceX (Starlink’s parent company) signed a R&D deal with the US military to look at battlefield applications for Starlink tech. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2023/02/spacex-now-says-they-dont-want-starlink-be-weaponized-ukraine/382797/ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64579267.amp
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