Ukraines drone strikes depend heavily on US tech like Starlink that it doesnt control. Its officers are worried.
News Source : Business Insider
News Summary
- Starlink internet terminals from Elon Musk's SpaceX have become the operational backbone of many Ukrainian drone missions.
- The Hornet drones produced by Perennial Autonomy, the company founded by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, are Ukraine's best mid-range strike drones.
- Palantir, led by CEO Alex Karp and co-founded by Peter Thiel, provides AI software that plays a major role in route planning and mission outcomes for long-range strikes.
- The same capabilities enabling battlefield wins are also a potential point of failure outside Kyiv's control.
Ukraines drone campaigns increasingly rely on US technology that it does not fully control.
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