The White HouseThursday’s announcement stated that any attacks on U.S. satellites and infrastructure will be met by an “appropriate response” following a Russian senior officialAccording to the United Nations, the Kremlin considers Ukraine’s use of commercial satellites as “a legitimate target” for retaliation.
John Kirby, spokesperson of the National Security Council stated that Russians had been “trying anti-satellite technology” and were now attempting to achieve it.
Kirby assured reporters that “any attack on U.S. Infrastructure will be met by an appropriate response in a appropriate way.” “And we’re going continue to pursue every means to expose, discourage and Russia must be held accountableFor any such attack should it happen.”
SpaceX Starlink internet terminal in Odesa, south Ukraine
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Karine Jean Pierre, White House press secretary, stated later that the U.S. “will pursue all means to explore and deter Russia accountable for any attacks on U.S. Satellites.”
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These comments were made after Konstantin Vorontsov, a spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry, said The United NationsThe U.S. uses “civilian, commercial, and infrastructure elements in outerspace for military purposes” as a “extremely dangerous trend.”
Vorontsov stated that “These States don’t realize that such actions constitute indirect participation in wars,” according to prepared remarks. “Quasicivilian infrastructure could become a legitimate target of retaliation.”
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Starlink 4-20 mission, launches at Space Launch Complex 40 of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral (Florida) on Sept. 4, 2022.
(Photo by Chandan Kanna/ AFP via Getty Images).
Vorontsov didn’t name any companies, but SpaceX is Elon Musk’sStarlink, a network that links thousands of satellites to user terminals on ground, has cost more than $80million to support the Ukrainian forces.
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SpaceX had asked the Pentagon for funding, but Musk tweeted this week that he assured Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov that SpaceX “would not turn off Starlink even if [the Department of Defense]We refused to provide funding.”
SpaceX did no immediate response to a Thursday request for comment.
