and perhaps this is what he had his people come up with
there are no fallbacks, their Starlink is part of their defense system and early warning network and they are about to go into winter which is brutal there even without ballistic missiles taking out their power grid
they have to hang on 800 more days, unlikely Dems can solve any of this even if they get the Senate because Musk can keep doing whatever in the middle of the night
note the restriction was implemented while they were under attack from 39 ballistic missiles
adding: coverage by The Guardian newspaper
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/14/ukraine-soldie...
and Musk can't even get US security clearance, he's not allowed into certain SpaceX hangars during some operations
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starshield
I'm no fan of Elon - but the historical norm is that only gov't and local forces operate in major war zones. Vs. foreign companies either keep their distance, or at most operate with direct military escort.
You're fudging away the critical distinction. How many of the 100,000+ tanks, warships, and warplanes built by US corporations during WWII were operated by those corporations in combat zones? Extremely close to zero - because combat operations were the job of the US Army, US Navy, USAAF, etc.
No, I don't like Mr. Orange either. But he is the current POTUS. Starshield is under his control. And his failures do not obligate Mr. Musk to step up and serve - any more than they obligate young American men to serve in the Ukrainian Foreign Legion.