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I appear to have gotten this at least partially wrong. With that said the lack of any kind of announcement by SpaceX or triumphant tweeting by Musk makes me wonder if, having sent a message, they're now about to claim it was a technical glitch or all in the Ukrainians' heads.

The fear that a now-unreliable US partner could remotely disable technology saw significant rethinking of F-35 purchases. Starlink is a less expensive buy, but has fewer (virtually no) competitors - not sure what that adds up to for divestment.

Irony in that a lot of anti-EV hysteria in America includes claims that China can remotely disable every EV produced there…