Pentagon officials are working with Elon Musk's company SpaceX to prevent unauthorized use of Starlink Internet terminals by the Russian military on the battlefield in Ukraine.
About this write Bloomberg with reference to the head of the Department of Space Policy of the US Department of Defense, John Plum. It is noted that the US is "actively cooperating with the government of Ukraine and the SpaceX company" in this matter.
"We are currently successfully countering Russia's use of [Starlink], but I am sure that Russia will continue to try to find ways to use Starlink and other commercial communications systems. It will remain a problem, I think we have coped with it and found good solutions both with Starlink and with Ukraine", - he said in an interview with Bloomberg News.
At the same time, Plumb declined to go into detail about what methods or procedures are being used to stop Russia's use of portable communications terminals that connect to SpaceX's fleet of low-orbit satellites. Representatives of the Ukrainian government also did not provide comments.
The newspaper notes that Starlink terminals are still being advertised for sale in Russia on platforms such as the Ozon e-commerce site. The sellers claim that they work on a subscription issued in the name of residents of European countries where the technology is licensed.
Mykhailo Fedorov, Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine, said that by May 2022, Ukraine had received 10 Starlink terminals, which provide critical communication in the war against Russian invaders. The Pentagon subsequently awarded SpaceX a one-year, $000 million contract that expires this month.
When asked about the status of the contract, space policy department spokesman Omar Villarreal said they are working on extending it until November.
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