Musk: Ukrainian front will collapse if I switch off Starlink
Musk: Ukrainian front will collapse if I switch off Starlink
American billionaire Elon Musk has claimed that the Starlink system is crucial to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, suggesting that if he were to switch it off, the front line held by Ukrainian troops would collapse.
Sounds like Ukraine would be within their right to do whatever it takes to prevent such an action regardless of how many toddlers are being used as a human shield.
It is almost like this Nazi is working against the interest of democracy and supporting the interest of a piece of shit like Putin.
And the tone he took with Sikorski when the latter reminded him that Poland is paying for a lot of Starlinks in Ukraine once more show their attitude to their (former) allies and why we need to cut those people loose and develop - or mass-deploy - self-reliant technologies like Eutelsat as quickly as we can. (I don't have the exact wording on hand but it was something akin to "Silence, little man...")
Musk's bodyguards have the opportunity to be heroes of the world right now. They would go down in history as great men.
When the insane Emperor Caligula was killed by his Praetorian guards and they installed Claudius in his place, the first thing the new Emperor did was execute the guards involved in the assassination.
Old claw claw was everyone's fool till he wasn't.
Can't be having those guards kill the new emperor. Makes sense
I wonder if the guards expected it or not
Even if everyone agreed with them at the time, it was unavoidable at the time. You couldn't have soldiers kill their emperor.
Since when is he an American billionaire?
That fact that he made that comment would cause every other country to second guess themselves using this service. Starlink is now going to be a US service for the most part. My opinion anyway....who knows these days.
US, Russian and Hungarian
Anyone not already second guessing would be fools.
Interesting. So it won't happen unless musk specifically does it. So if musk is not around then it could not happen. Very good to know.
Meanwhile, Europe is pursuing replacements for Ukraine. Obviously none as good as Starlink and there'll be a rough time in the switchover, but Musk is not the only source for this kind of service.
And in the meantime, by merely making this statement Musk has doomed Starlink to never be seriously considered again as a provider for critical services like this elsewhere in the world.
He sounds like a shitty Bond villain
I'm pretty sure James Bond was tied up inside the spacesuit on that Tesla Roadster he launched in the direction of Mars.
That really will do wonders for the "don't buy American" waves that's washing over Europe at the moment.
But it made him feel really important for a while, which is all that matters.
Downvoted because we don't have to hear all the idiotic thoughts of this moron but:
I literally challenged Putin to one on one physical combat
Putin is a crazy fucker from the KGB. Strength in a fight is not about age, going to the gym, or all the things Elon believes. I have personally known skinny old guys walking with a cane who could kick his ass in a few seconds.
Ukraine will inevitably lose
Putin propaganda, I am not surprised. The rest of the text is the same shit.
@MicroWave Elon Musk truly is a James Bond villain, right down to bragging about his evil master plan to take over the world.
He's doing that supervillain thing with his fingers in the picture too.
That's why you don't trust these cunts. They're fucking evil. Also, PACE motherfucker.
Primary, alternate, contingency, emergency [comms] planning. For the uninitiated.
Broadcasting his intention like this really puts a target on his back. He should be more careful… or not, I’ve stocked up on popcorn.
If he really believed that, it would already be off.
Ukraine will help you switch it off with fireworks.