SpaceX CEO Elon Musk ordered engineers to shut off his Starlink network’s internet over Crimea in order to thwart a Ukrainian attack on Russia’s fleet.
for ordering engineers to shut off Starlink's satellite network over Crimea last year in order to thwart a Ukrainian attack on Russian warships.
According to a new biography of Musk, the South African-born billionaire asked,"How am I in this war?" during an interview with author Walter Isaacson. In the early days of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, as Western governments worked to supply Kyiv with artillery and air defense systems, the first of Musk's Starlink terminals arrived in the country. The billionaire eventually soured on the arrangement.
Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly"Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes," Musk said, according to the book. He told Isaacson that he was worried the Ukrainian attack on Russian vessels would provoke the Kremlin into launching a nuclear war.
Sometimes a mistake is much more than just a mistake. By not allowing Ukrainian drones to destroy part of the Russian military fleet via
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