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2023-02-13 00:28:04 UTC - SOMEWHAT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 8B23D93CC3194E70E88D78D44816F95CDF8E3DB99C5EB39B0258A1F6BB247E9F
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Original Note:
Access was revoked to “limit" the abilities of the Ukrainian armed forces to use Starlink in an offensive way.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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