Russia warns United States: use of SpaceX for spying makes its satellites a target

That CIA - SpaceX combo to make spy satellites mentioned some days back.

For real. This seems like something that threatens musk and space x more than anybody else. The CIA effectively has unlimited money to replace whatever Russia takes down, but musk needing to pay to replace satellites to maintain starlink will hurt his bottom line. I don't think tin foil hat wearers would be all that unreasonable to make the assumption that this is a veiled threat to keep musk in line. I frequently hear the argument that "billionaires can't be bought" but I believe the exact opposite. They care more about money than morals and ethics, and can therefore be coerced by it either through hurting their bottom line or rewarding them with more of it. A dragon's hoard can never be too big for the dragon to accept more, and nothing hurts the drain more than reducing its hoard.

The math doesn’t work out.

You only need enough asat missiles to create enough debris. Kessler handles the rest.

Asat are cheaper to manufacture and deploy than it is for a satellite.

Don't give them any ideas

Probably can use a nuke to take out a lot.

Kessler syndrome is only a threat to satellites that are orbiting within the debris, it's not really a danger if you're only passing through (as a ballistic missile would).