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[–] SailorFuzz@lemmy.world 15 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

So, basically, he shot himself in the foot lying about trying to shoot his shot to the worlds most well known pedo, and NOW he's trying to get some goodboy points by picking a political side in international affairs, thereby making himself (and his assets) viable war targets....

So, maybe (hopefully), the next shots will be Russia shooting down Musk's satellites. Thereby, tanking yet another of Musk's companies and maybe investors will finally stop sucking him off as yet another business of his goes tits up because of his wreckless political interference.

[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago

As of January 2026, the constellation consists of over 9,422 satellites

Russia shooting down one Starlink satellite wouldn't have a noticeable effect on the service. In fact, I doubt they have the capability to shoot down enough satellites to noticeably affect the performance of Starlink.