NightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoRussia warns United States: use of SpaceX for spying makes its satellites a targetwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down17
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkRussia warns United States: use of SpaceX for spying makes its satellites a targetwww.reuters.comNightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square89fedilink
minus-squarepossibly a cat@lemmy.mlBlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI’m not sure anyone really needed a reminder about how that works, but it’s fair enough to point it out.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYeah. Targeting SpaceX might be less provocative than a DoD-operated satellite, but either way Russia would be crazy to do it.
minus-squarepossibly a cat@lemmy.mlBlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhat would be crazy, is considering it off limits just because it has partial civilian use. It wouldn’t be more or less provocative than targeting any other spy satellite.
I’m not sure anyone really needed a reminder about how that works, but it’s fair enough to point it out.
Yeah. Targeting SpaceX might be less provocative than a DoD-operated satellite, but either way Russia would be crazy to do it.
What would be crazy, is considering it off limits just because it has partial civilian use.
It wouldn’t be more or less provocative than targeting any other spy satellite.