Pentagon's Space Policy Chief confirms to Bloomberg that they have managed to successfully counter Russia's illicit use of black market Starlink terminals!
The US has been “heavily involved in working with the government of Ukraine and SpaceX to counter Russian illicit use of Starlink terminals,” John Plumb, the outgoing assistant secretary for space policy, said in an interview.
“At this time we have successfully countered Russian use, but I am certain Russia will continue to try and find ways to exploit Starlink and other commercial communications systems,” he told Bloomberg News. Although “it will continue to be a problem, I think we’ve wrapped our heads around it and found good solutions with both Starlink and Ukraine.”
Blocking Russian access to Starlink without impacting Ukrainian access as well has been a challenge, but they have evidently found a solution.
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