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Musk Turned Off Starlink Near Crimea in 2022 to Thwart Ukraine Attack - Reports
Musk Turned Off Starlink Near Crimea in 2022 to Thwart Ukraine Attack - Reports
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US tech billionaire Elon Musk ordered his engineers to turn off his company's Starlink satellites near Crimea last year to disrupt a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian naval fleet, a American broadcaster reported on Thursday, citing excerpts from Musk’s new biography.
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When Ukrainian submarine drones loaded with explosives approached Russian vessels, they "lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly," Walter Isaacson wrote in the book titled "Elon Musk." The businessman feared that Moscow would respond to a "mini-Pearl Harbor" by deploying nuclear weapons, according to the book. His fear was driven by his conversations with senior Russian officials. Musk also had calls with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov to address anxieties from Washington to Moscow, the book said. Neither Musk nor SpaceX replied to requests for comment, the broadcaster said. Musk also told Isaacson that he would not turn the satellite network back on for Crimea because Ukraine "is now going too far and inviting strategic defeat," according to the book.
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Musk Turned Off Starlink Near Crimea in 2022 to Thwart Ukraine Attack - Reports
15:10 GMT 07.09.2023 (Updated: 17:33 GMT 07.09.2023) WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US tech billionaire Elon Musk ordered his engineers to turn off his company's Starlink satellites near Crimea last year to disrupt a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian naval fleet, a American broadcaster reported on Thursday, citing excerpts from Musk’s new biography.
When Ukrainian submarine drones loaded with explosives approached Russian vessels, they "lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly," Walter Isaacson wrote in the book titled "Elon Musk."
The businessman feared that Moscow would respond to a "mini-Pearl Harbor" by deploying nuclear weapons, according to the book. His fear was driven by his conversations with senior Russian officials.
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Musk also had calls with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, and Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov to address anxieties from Washington to Moscow, the book said.
Neither Musk nor SpaceX replied to requests for comment, the broadcaster said.
"Starlink was not meant to be involved in wars. It was so people can watch Netflix and chill and get online for school and do good peaceful things, not drone strikes," the entrepreneur told Isaacson, who has also penned biographies of Steve Jobs and Albert Einstein.
Musk also told Isaacson that he would not turn the satellite network back on for
Crimea because Ukraine "is now going too far and inviting strategic defeat," according to the book.
