NightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoRussia warns United States: use of SpaceX for spying makes its satellites a targetwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkRussia warns United States: use of SpaceX for spying makes its satellites a targetwww.reuters.comNightOwl@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square86fedilink
minus-squarepossibly a cat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months 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-up0·7 months 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.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months 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.