Comment by maxlin

Comment by maxlin 2 days ago

It was only made to appear a controversy for clicks and Ukrainians (understandably) trying to bend the rules.

The thing came with a clear limit "this thing works in these cells of this big hex grid". And they drove it off that hex grid. Plan and simple.

Its like if the US-supplied HIMARS came with some built-in limit that it cannot be used to target known Russian nuclear installments, and they'd try to do that.

It's not that those things are unquestionable, but they are limits that would need US consultation as US obviously doesn't want the thing to escalate from being a defensive war to something else.

karp773 2 days ago

Is Crimea on "this big hex grid" or not? If not, why not?

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coryrc 2 days ago

Because the US military/govt has a say in what US companies sell to foreign militaries and that's what the restrictions were at the time. Remember this was early on in the full invasion.

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maxlin 19 hours ago

Starlink both in technology, availability and regulation angle is advancing so fast that saying "is it now" and "was it then" are quite different.
This is where the hex grid was previously on. Wayback machine doesn't seem to work as it's a web app https://www.starlink.com/map

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TMWNN a day ago

Starlink is prohibited for use in Crimea because of US sanctions against Russia, and not because "Musk turned Starlink off during a Ukrainian attack".

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- karp773 20 hours ago
  
  Well, per other comments, Starlink terminals apparently do work in Russia.
  And Musk did exactly that per numerous reports. Given his erratic behavior since around 2018, it's not hard to believe. The other day he was literally threatening to stop Dragon launches for NASA.
  
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  maxlin 19 hours ago
  
  "per other comments" Lol.
  The geoblocks are quite hard. The only situation where Russians have managed to use them for a short while is when they've managed to capture a terminal, and it hasn't been cut off because it's been unclear who was in control of it, and Ukranians benefit more of them as they've built a lot of things and process around them as it such a massive battlefield advantage if used right.
  >Given his erratic behavior it's not hard to believe
  Congratulations, you've managed to slip in to a sea of misinformation and media spin. Place a check on this in 5 years, these things tend to be silently put under the rug. It's like you're saying it wouldn't be a surprise if all future Falcon 9 rockets just blew up because they've done so at testing and because Starship does so too. Learn some distinction.
  
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  karp773 10 hours ago
  
  Well, you are denying facts and obvious things, e.g. Musk's erratic behaviour. It's a waste of time to talk to you. Bye!
  
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