Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen stated she would raise renewed Starshield disruptions with the US after Ukraine reported problems across the frontline.
They don’t just sell for 76 mio USD. They sell for much more if you don’t book a full one. How they really earn is pure speculation. The only reliable information are the list prices. The other is that the launch business is not profitable.
For a start a few hundred satellites are needed for strategic purposes. Those will become operational in the next years. Yes, Europe has capacity to replace them. Btw, “shooting down satellites” is something that is in itself very expensive. Which might explain that this is a largely theoretical thing so far.
Not sure what that nonsense in the last paragraph is supposed to be about. I can’t follow the argument. The satellites are among others to harden Ukraine against the antics of some US oligarch, but also the EU. After all that oligarch is known of financing anti-democratic forces in Europe so you can’t really rely on any of his services.
They don’t just sell for 76 mio USD. They sell for much more if you don’t book a full one. How they really earn is pure speculation. The only reliable information are the list prices. The other is that the launch business is not profitable.
For a start a few hundred satellites are needed for strategic purposes. Those will become operational in the next years. Yes, Europe has capacity to replace them. Btw, “shooting down satellites” is something that is in itself very expensive. Which might explain that this is a largely theoretical thing so far.
Not sure what that nonsense in the last paragraph is supposed to be about. I can’t follow the argument. The satellites are among others to harden Ukraine against the antics of some US oligarch, but also the EU. After all that oligarch is known of financing anti-democratic forces in Europe so you can’t really rely on any of his services.
How useful are the satellites if the EU fights Russia? Wouldn’t the money be better spent on other weapons?