This doesn't make sense, the treaty never applied to military communication satellites. Unless you claim that the dual purpose of starlink is to fall on earth at the right moment.

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msuniverse2026 2 days ago | parent [-]

They can also be used as interceptors for ICBMs just like brilliant pebbles.

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alexey-salmin 2 days ago | parent [-]

I think that would require a lot of delta-v, the space is very big even for tens of thousands of satellites.

But even if true this doesn't really count as dual use military technology that "everyone knows" about. Everyone knows about the communications part.

	▲	msuniverse2026 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		True, I should've been more specific. I just happened to know that China considers it a threat due to this paper put out by the CSIS thinktank. https://interpret.csis.org/translations/starlink-militarizat... Maybe I should submit it as an article.