| ▲ | phpnode 11 hours ago |
| The terminal knows where it is at all times. |
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| ▲ | wmf 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I know this is a meme but for those at home the whole point of a war is to cross over the front line into the opponent's territory and capture it. If your comms are disabled when you cross the front you can't really fight. So "just disable Starlink within Russian territory" does not solve anything. |
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| ▲ | phpnode 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You can have a hybrid approach - deny access in that area by default but have a secure way to whitelist specific terminals for short periods (mission duration) | | | |
| ▲ | ftth_finland 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Simple solutions: block all Starlink terminals that aren’t whitelisted upon entering Russian territory or Ukrainian conflict zones. This will prevent Russians importing Starlink terminals and then deploying them in Ukraine. Work with Ukrainians to whitelist all their terminals. | | |
| ▲ | MarkusQ 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Which is exactly what they are doing. https://unn.ua/en/news/ukraine-launches-starlink-whitelist-i... | |
| ▲ | justsomehnguy 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | It's beyond sickening what none of you even bother with the idea what a civilian service should not be used by the military, especially in the zone of the conflict - by any side. | | |
| ▲ | 15155 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | "Civilian service" - lol. SpaceX is a privately-owned defense services company. Their #1 client is the United States. Their launches out of Vandenberg occur because the United States Space Force allows them to happen. Are you on their board? Who are you to make the call that the product they are offering is a "civilian" (only?) service? | |
| ▲ | echoangle 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Why not? Assuming you want one of the sides to win, why would you not want your side to use every (ethical) means available to do that? | | | |
| ▲ | nradov 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Nah. Give the Ukrainians whatever they need to exterminate more orcs. | |
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| ▲ | mort96 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| The Starlink terminal can't know based on only its position which side it's being used by. Equipment is often used in enemy territory. |
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| ▲ | victorbjorklund 10 hours ago | parent [-] | | That is a tiny minority of the use. The vast majority of Russian use has been on Russian controlled land. | | |
| ▲ | mort96 8 hours ago | parent [-] | | Sure. But if you geoblock all use on Russian controlled land, you're also blocking Ukrainian use on Russian controlled land. I have no idea if that would cause issues or not, but it's not that far fetched to imagine it might. |
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| ▲ | ch4s3 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Yes but the problem is that the battle lines are fluid and the drones are obviously aiming for the Ukrainian side. |
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| ▲ | morkalork 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't |
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| ▲ | hparadiz 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| I think what's actually funnier is that the satellite shooting the laser has to know where the terminal is with pin point accuracy too. So it's pretty easy to cut off targeting to a vast chunk of the planet. |
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| ▲ | phpnode 11 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | The sats don't use lasers to communicate with terminals, just regular radio waves, they only use lasers for inter-satellite communication | |
| ▲ | wmf 11 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Starlink cells are ~15 miles wide BTW. |
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