Olde Hornet
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He has defended his actions on twitter. The military should take out some of his satellites by "accident", and deny everything.
Elon Musk foiled a Ukrainian submarine drone attack on a Russian naval fleet last year by turning off his Starlink satellite internet network near the Crimean coast to prevent a “mini-Pearl Harbor,” a biography of the billionaire claims.
Musk, 52, thought the Kremlin would respond to the attack with nuclear weapons — a fear based on conversations he had with senior Russian officials, according to an excerpt of Walter Isaacson’s “Elon Musk,” CNN reported Thursday.
As Ukrainian submarine drones carrying bombs approached the ships, they “lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly,” Isaacson wrote, according to the network.
Ukrainian officials then begged the SpaceX founder to turn back on his satellite internet constellation, the book reportedly said.
The book will be out next week.
Isaacson reportedly wrote that Musk spoke with national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, the chairman of the joint chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley, and the Russian ambassador to the US to address anxieties from Washington to Moscow..
Elon Musk foiled a Ukrainian submarine drone attack on a Russian naval fleet last year by turning off his Starlink satellite internet network near the Crimean coast to prevent a “mini-Pearl Harbor,” a biography of the billionaire claims.
Musk, 52, thought the Kremlin would respond to the attack with nuclear weapons — a fear based on conversations he had with senior Russian officials, according to an excerpt of Walter Isaacson’s “Elon Musk,” CNN reported Thursday.
As Ukrainian submarine drones carrying bombs approached the ships, they “lost connectivity and washed ashore harmlessly,” Isaacson wrote, according to the network.
Ukrainian officials then begged the SpaceX founder to turn back on his satellite internet constellation, the book reportedly said.
The book will be out next week.
Isaacson reportedly wrote that Musk spoke with national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, the chairman of the joint chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley, and the Russian ambassador to the US to address anxieties from Washington to Moscow..
