“This is the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego,” the Ukrainian official seethed about the SpaceX CEO.
allowed this fleet to fire Kalibr missiles at Ukrainian cities. As a result, civilians, children are… “This is the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego,” the Ukrainian official seethed.
“The obvious intent being to sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor,” Musk wrote. “If I had agreed to their request, then SpaceX would be explicitly complicit in a major act of war and conflict escalation.” Musk allegedly believed if the attack was allowed be successfully carried out, Moscow would have responded by deploying nuclear weapons — a concern he had based on conversations with senior Russian officials, according to the biography that’ll be released next week.
In February, SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell surprised and angered Ukraine’s leadership by complaining that Kyiv has “weaponized” their internet service.Speaking to reporters after a conference in Washington DC, Shotwell hinted that SpaceX has taken action to restrict Ukraine’s use of Starlink satellites for military purposes — but it’s unknown if she was talking about the thwarted Crimea attack.
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