• SpaceCowboy@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    Absolutely it is. This is not for the average person it is for operatives on the ground. They made a huge deal about Starlink over Ukraine for the “people” but only like 150 people or so were given access to it.

    Starlink is for military/clandestine application. Secure lines of communication are extremely important in these sorts of operations.

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      2 years ago

      The cia and the us military has many secure means of communication, none of them are starlink or any other public internet service.

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        Of course, but there has always been reliability issues with satellites, which starlink has apparently overcome.

        It is possible that it is just a publicity stunt though.

        Stable satellite internet is massively superior to just satellite comms.