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2023-08-20 12:56:52 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D5B114DEB3D75C70CFB6C04DE6105840620D2C5892DDE300869F8ED749EF393E
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Access was revoked to “limit" the abilities of the Ukrainian armed forces to use Starlink in an offensive way.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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