October 18, 2026 11:52 AM
Starlink: A tool of war?
In modern warfare, the battlefield is no longer fought just on land, air or sea - it is waged in the invisible world of information. A high-stakes conflict over connectivity has officially extended into space, centring squarely on U.S. billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet network. As Iran formally labels the constellation a "tool of war" and introduces severe capital punishments to suppress it, the Ukrainian military is simultaneously grappling with sudden, devastating speed ca...