{"id":8925,"date":"2023-02-09T16:39:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:39:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/09\/fury-in-ukraine-as-elon-musks-spacex-limits-starlink-use-for-drones\/"},"modified":"2023-02-09T16:39:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-09T15:39:43","slug":"fury-in-ukraine-as-elon-musks-spacex-limits-starlink-use-for-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/09\/fury-in-ukraine-as-elon-musks-spacex-limits-starlink-use-for-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury in Ukraine as Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX limits Starlink use for drones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX says satellite communications service \u2018never, never meant to be weaponised\u2019<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/live\/2023\/feb\/09\/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskiy-to-lobby-eu-leaders-in-brussels-nato-chief-warns-moscow-is-preparing-new-offensive-live\">Russia-Ukraine war \u2013 latest news updates<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A senior Ukrainian presidential aide has reacted with anger after Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX said it had taken steps to prevent its Starlink satellite communications service from controlling drones, which are critical to Kyiv\u2019s forces in fighting off the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX\u2019s chief operating officer, said at a conference in the US that the surprise decision had been taken because it had never been the company\u2019s intention to allow Starlink to be used \u201cfor offensive purposes\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/feb\/09\/zelenskiy-aide-takes-aim-at-curbs-on-ukraine-use-of-starlink-to-pilot-drones-elon-musk\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ef2cd1dd4b4a67a39742296f60a2cacc57dd0604\/0_329_6000_3600\/master\/6000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=f67d0f2be768d1b021646b105be28fbf\" title=\"Fury in Ukraine as Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX limits Starlink use for drones\" \/>SpaceX says satellite communications service \u2018never, never meant to be weaponised\u2019<br \/>\nRussia-Ukraine war \u2013 latest news updates<br \/>\nA senior Ukrainian presidential aide has reacted with anger after Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX said it had taken steps to prevent its Starlink satellite communications service from controlling drones, which are critical to Kyiv\u2019s forces in fighting off the Russian invasion.<br \/>\nGwynne Shotwell, SpaceX\u2019s chief operating officer, said at a conference in the US that the surprise decision had been taken because it had never been the company\u2019s intention to allow Starlink to be used \u201cfor offensive purposes\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SpaceX says satellite communications service \u2018never, never meant to be weaponised\u2019 Russia-Ukraine war \u2013 latest news updates A senior Ukrainian presidential aide has reacted with anger after Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX said it had taken steps to prevent its Starlink satellite communications service from controlling drones, which are critical to Kyiv\u2019s forces in fighting off the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/09\/fury-in-ukraine-as-elon-musks-spacex-limits-starlink-use-for-drones\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fury in Ukraine as Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX limits Starlink use for drones<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8925"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}