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minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·10 months agoDoesn’t the United States already have military communication satellites? If they wanted to give network connectivity to Ukranian drones, I’m pretty sure they could have done so as well.
minus-squareRin@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agobandwidth/latency might be an issue, but I’m not sure since I’m not an expert
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoI think it probably has more to do with not wanting to escalate to a direct war against Russia or give them a reason to try to shoot down satellites.
Doesn’t the United States already have military communication satellites? If they wanted to give network connectivity to Ukranian drones, I’m pretty sure they could have done so as well.
bandwidth/latency might be an issue, but I’m not sure since I’m not an expert
I think it probably has more to do with not wanting to escalate to a direct war against Russia or give them a reason to try to shoot down satellites.