Pentagon denies reports of clash with SpaceX over Starlink price hike
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Pentagon denies reports of clash with SpaceX over Starlink price hike
The Pentagon has denied claims that the department has been clashing with Elon Musk's SpaceX over costs to use its satellite internet network, which the military's kamikaze drones rely upon in the war against Iran.
The Pentagon is arguing with Ilon Maska about the cost of services, claims Reuters with reference to their sources and some non-public documents that came into the hands of the authors. The price of cheap drones has doubled as a result. Talking about the Starlink modules in the LUCAS drones, an American version of the Russian-Iranian Shaheeds and Geraney, which were recently boasted by the Trump administration. It is reported that the weapon has…
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Elon Musk claims that U.S. Kamikaze drones used Starlink's "civil" network in Iran in violation of SpaceX's rules while the Pentagon is trying to get rid of the monopoly of SpaceXElon Musk accuses the Trump administration of violating SpaceX's terms of use by deploying Starlink's "civil" network on combat drones in Iran. Although he attributes this configuration error to a military subcontractor the tensions are intensifying around dependency...
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