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Nicol Wistreich

USA's isn't just cutting off classified satellite imagery to , but commercial unclassified services. How long until Starlink follows?

I'm not sure if the White House has thought thru the signal this is sending the world:

If you use American tech, cloud or telecoms, it can be turned off on a whim *while you're being invaded & bombed* to strongarm your country to sign a deal you don't want.

Imagine how many govts are currently frantically trying to migrate away from US services.

Oliver Alexander - @oalexanderdk.bsky.social - Maxar has cut off satellite imagery access to Ukraine, undoubtedly due to pressure from the U.S. government. This means that not just classified, but commercially available unclassified intelligence products are being cut off. I now fully expect Starlink to be next. 7 March 2025 at 07:56
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David

@nicol The democratic world should sanction Maxar executives, board members, and major shareholders, and withhold payment to the company, until it restores access to #Ukraine.

#eupol#ukpol#cndpoli
Nicol Wistreich

@deFractal getting more detail now: washingtonpost.com/national-se – it's claimed aren't blocking the Ukraine from accessing their service, it's just the US has stopped paying for Ukraine's access. So they (or someone else) could pay to restore it.

The Washington Post · U.S. suspends commercial satellite imagery service to UkraineBy Alex Horton
Mar 07, 2025, 08:00 PM·Public
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David

@nicol Oh, so the #EU and the #UK and #Canada et al could pay for it.

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Nicol Wistreich

@deFractal that's what the Post suggests, but it seems a bit ambiguous. An hour ago Maxar released a statement: linkedin.com/posts/maxar-techn clarifying they were just following the orders of the US govt in stopping access. But they (so far) haven't said they would still provide this information directly to Ukraine if they were to pay, or if the UK/EU/etc were the contracting party.

www.linkedin.comMaxar Technologies on LinkedIn: Maxar’s statement on media reports regarding access rights to Maxar…Maxar’s statement on media reports regarding access rights to Maxar imagery:    Maxar has contracts with the U.S. government and dozens of allied and partner…
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