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    Russian drones with Starlink can reach much farther into Europe than most people expected
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    Russian drones with Starlink can reach much farther into Europe than most people expected

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    2. StrangerConscious637 on

      Vienna will fall… but Innsbruck will survive.

      We have to end our Neutrality in Austria as soon as possible. We need European defense.

    3. Chance_Bus831 on

      I heard accusations about russians using Starlink a whole year ago. As if that was „the first time“ -.-

    9. MercatorLondon on

      The reachable distance depends on the drone’s fuel tank rather than Starlink.
      Starlink provides global coverage, so mentioning Starlink is irrelevant in this infographic.

      The fact that Russians have access to Starlink terminals is largely due to sanctions circumvention and re-imports via third countries. Starlink is not selling to Russia nor supporting them. It may be technically possible to disable terminals that were not officially purchased through Ukraine, but this would also shut down a large number of terminals in Ukraine that were donated or purchased through third countries and donors.

      Starlink is offering phone-to-satellite connectivity to Ukrainians (via Kyivstar) – 1st on European continent. Until mid-2023 SpaceX activated and provided Starlink terminals and service in Ukraine at no cost as part of a donation effort. This was widely reported as a critical lifeline.

      Another major issue is Russian drones using Ukrainian mobile networks.

    15. Boiling_warm on

      Are we really slapping starlink on these tho? Seems expensive, and would jamming still work?

      Just use a bloody missile at that point

    16. robber_goosy on

      What is even the point of this post? I dont think they would need starlink drones to strike into Europe if they wanted to.

    18. BearBathTune on

      Don’t forget: Elon switched off Starlink in Ukraine when they tried to use it to support their attack on invading Russian forces.

    21. GovernmentBig2749 on

      That 500 km reach falls in the water, somewhere in the baltics-if that red line and that number is what i think it is.

    22. randr3w on

      so are there any good defensive systems against these, besides those nets we saw in Ukraine? I know there are some very expensive ones, like what Israel used when Iran sent the drones, but I think there is a way around that system already, with cheap decoys attracting their fire while the armed drones slip by

    30. Party-Oil9092 on

      Thank you Elon /s

      Yet people keep driving tesla’s. Can we ever present them with the additional costs we now have tot make to control Elon after they enabled him?

    31. greenpowerman99 on

      Seems like a pointless infographic designed to shock. Drone range is limited by how much fuel they carry.
      More scary is the fact that Starlink receivers are available across the world, and open access 5G data and GPS location services are also available globally.

    32. veryordinarybloke on

      So Musk is actively undermining European security. When will Europe take action against him?

    33. WiseMaster1077 on

      Thats the stupidest thing Ive ever heard. Anything that has enough load capacity to carry a starlink reciever that far, while *technically* may still be classified as a drone, is more like a very small helicopter. It takes 2 seconds of thinking to know that this map is complete bullshit. Starlink guided drones dont even make any sense to begin with, do we think Russia has no satellite capability left? Have we considered the pros and cons of using drones, and how making the “starlink” elimantes all the pros(cheap, fast, hard to shoot down)?

    34. skcortex on

      This map is wrong. A 500 km range from Mordor could not fully cover Slovakia, not to mention Vienna.