Andrej Fiskovec wrote that journalists are likely inquiring about Starlink's military service when asking about Starshield, which he claims uses the same constellation but different terminals and better encryption. He stated that the service is being paid for by Germany until May of next year, and the contract was made by the U.S. Department of Defense with SpaceX. If there was a shutdown or restriction of the service, Fiskovec saw two possibilities. Either it was an order from Donald Trump or Pete Hegseth, which SpaceX executed as the network operator; in that case, he argues both politicians provided false information. Or Elon Musk intervened arbitrarily, and Trump and Hegseth were unaware and unable to find out even during the week, which Fiskovec labeled as an even worse scenario. He believed there were no other options. According to Fiskovec, the United States was not only screwing over Ukraine but also Germany and potentially other countries that were not publicly known to be paying for Starlink's military services on behalf of Ukraine. He labeled the provision of services through a separate Starshield constellation, which SpaceX developed and is producing for the U.S. government, as the extreme scenario; he claimed Trump bore the responsibility for it. In conclusion, he described the individuals involved as cowards who could not admit they did something wrong. #Starlink #SpaceX #vojenskátechnika (translated)
