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Starshield uses all of Starlink's satellites and a few special ones specific to Starshield. There's been plenty of cases in Ukraine of suicide drones being configured to starlink accounts instead of military ones. In fact, that's exactly how Russia took advantage of starlink for the first 2 years.

While there might be a legal distinction between the two systems, technically speaking, it's mostly a matter of configuration.

by yencabulator2 hours ago|

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> Starlink, the commercial product, was always off limits for military operations (the type that require connectivity at 100+ MPH).

Lots of Ukrainian use of satellite communications is where people are hiding in a makeshift bunker. Those don't usually travel at 100+ MPH.

by roosterIllusi0n4 hours ago|

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It's only one set of satellites. Stop pretending that its different.

by flutas3 hours ago|

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They actually are separate satellites and it's easily checked:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_Starshield#Launches

by idiotsecant3 hours ago|

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This only says that dedicated satellites exist, which is obvious and public knowledge. What it doesn't comment on is whether starlink and starshield use any common ifra, which they almost certainly do. The number of starshield satellites is simply way, way, way too low to meet the claims that people are making about the system. It's a geometry problem.

by toomuchtodo4 hours ago|

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Can you say with assurance, hopefully with evidence, which entity has degraded service as described?

> Starlink’s Acceptable Use Policy explicitly prohibits

Starlink's AUP is whatever Musk decides it is when he decides. He is petty, and there are robust examples of his pettiness as it relates to X and Starlink (I'm unaware if he's weaponized Tesla vehicle access in this regard, but welcome citations, if they exist).

"For my friends, everything; for my enemies, the law."

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/29/musk-more-petty...

(if you do not rely on Musk controlled systems, he cannot weaponize them against you; choose your risk exposure accordingly)

by scottyah4 hours ago|

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Yes- if they were using it for drone attacks and the service stopped/slowed, that was not Starlink, because it never would have happened in the first place.

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