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Two undersea cables in Baltic Sea disrupted

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577 points mooreds | 2 comments | 18 Nov 24 14:31 UTC | HN request time: 0.431s | source
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philip1209 ◴[18 Nov 24 15:31 UTC] No.42173262[source]▶
It seems that the obvious solution could be Starlink-style meshes.

Can anybody comment on how fragile the Starlink protocol would be during a war? If its line-of-sight, presumably it would be hard to jam?

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1. mempko ◴[18 Nov 24 15:34 UTC] No.42173309[source]▶
Did Russia make a threat to Elon Musk at some point that it would take down Starlink satellites?
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2. m4rtink ◴[20 Nov 24 02:13 UTC] No.42190232[source]▶
Sure, let them try down 1700+ satellites, with new being put up multiple times a week by the dozens. Cant't even cause a proper Kessler Syndrome due to the low orbit.

Getting more and more Footfall vibes these days with Spacex already having a full orbital dominance. ;-)