Some day before invading Taiwan China and Russia will try to take them all down: https://archive.is/AMIxX
replyChina has a huge microwave to destroy any kind of Starlink over its head.
replyCitation Needed.
replyThe specifics of an implementation of this are objectively absurd. Power requirements alone make this a non-starter. If that weren’t enough, it would be a declaration of war.
Not to mention they are spending an awful lot of money on developing anti-satellite missiles for having a working directed-energy weapon that can do the same.
replyI'm sure they are experimenting with directed-energy ASAT technology though, because why wouldn't they?
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