Pentagon Silent on Elon Musk and Starlink Risks as Military Use Expands details the risks incurred by the usage of private technologies – more specifically SpaceX when solving critical national security issues.
There are two main components of this piece: the inability for the United States to control its ever-developing relationships to private industry – and their individual interests – and the implications of said industries prioritizing the needs or requests of foreign adversaries.
This article profiles Elon Musk’s relationship with Vladmir Putin and his continual pursuit of shared interests amongst SpaceX and the Russian state. In a shocking turn of events, during the Russian-Ukraine war, Musk himself chose to delay internet access to Ukrainian troops during critical times and impending offensive attacks.
