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philip1209 ◴[] 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. looperhacks ◴[] No.42180665[source]
Russia already demonstrated that they are able to take down satellites [1] and that they can interfere with Starlink [2]>

1: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/16/world/europe/russia-antis... 2: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/technology/ukraine-russia...