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Elon Musk not only controls the satellite systems that the Ukrainian army - and other European armies - rely upon, he also controls the algorithms that govern a large swathe of the European information space. Europe needs to decouple from this clear and present threat to their security. My latest

nixons.substack.comMusk’s Power GrabWhy Europe must decouple from Elon Musk; what France can learn from Greece; is Andy Burnham winging it; why the chokepoint wars are so hard to escape; and the cost of Europe’s deadliest summer

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What about the UK relying on the US for military precision GPS and our lack of access to the EU's Galileo military precision GPS thanks to Brexit?

100% agree, but aren't you just stating the obvious? Any non American minister of defence that isn't looking for alternatives to Musk technology should be fired immediately.