Supposedly third parties paid for 80% percent of the units that were sent to Ukraine, but now Starlink wants Pentagon to pay them for the actual service. Maybe it's just a negotiation tactic...
But moving from the black budget to the white budget means starlink's paycheck is guaranteed and contract renewal is practically guaranteed even if the system doesn't work!
Supposedly third parties paid for 80% percent of the units that were sent to Ukraine, but now Starlink wants Pentagon to pay them for the actual service. Maybe it's just a negotiation tactic...
At this point I'm just assuming it was CIA cutouts.
But moving from the black budget to the white budget means starlink's paycheck is guaranteed and contract renewal is practically guaranteed even if the system doesn't work!
Maybe, but a lot of them seem to have been provided by Pentagon and NATO countries.
so yeah
What I'm saying they don't even need cutouts. They can pay for those things straight out of the budget.
I'm assuming that's why the second I got my satellite dish, they sent us an e mail and said "actually, we need to charge you $25 more a month"
Funny story - yes - literally paid for by USAID