Inside the clandestine Chinese and Russian plot to disable Starlink

[Luis]

South African allies allegedly in secret plot to attack and destroy Starlink

The Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China, two of South Africa's most powerful partners in the BRICS economic alliance, are allegedly secretly planning to destroy Elon Musk's Starlink.

A host of internal documents from summits between the two countries held in 2023 allegedly show plans to disable Starlink's network, as the satellite Internet provider is seen as a national security threat.

 

[Gordon_R]

Sumtin Wong. Link should be:
https://mybroadband.co.za/news/broa...cret-plot-to-attack-and-destroy-starlink.html

Edit: Luis is a real person, and on the ball!

 

[Gordon_R]

Interesting reading, but it's more a threat assessment than an actual plan...

 

[Scooby_Doo]

Well they have not done a good job implementing these 3 points so far.

 

[oros]

Talk about jealous...... They just jealous they didn't launch or think of such a system.... But it would cause a big thing if they try or when they try......

 

[Mike Angelo]

Not so secret either...

 

[INTREPIDTRAVELLER001]

SO WHO IS MORE COMPLICIT? And who do we, RSA - have to fear more?? [Remember SPY vs SPY from the MAD magazine??]
Who really is Our enemy at this time? Right now the MADLANGA commission fallout shows we are in the **** within our own borders with the local crop of A***senhollen! In fact the local perps seem to have become infected with MADLANGAGITIS - a serious infection for some judging from the hospitalisations!!
Categories Identified So Far:

Category	Description	Key Actors Implicated
Organised corruption networks	Collusion between police, politicians, municipal officials	SAPS, municipal leaders
Unexplained police wealth	Hidden assets, loopholes in disclosure forms	Senior SAPS officers
Bribery & extortion	Payments for protection, intimidation, favourable outcomes	IDAC investigators, Crime Intelligence
Document forgery	Tampering with court documents	Legal practitioners, court officials
Municipal criminal infiltration	Extortion syndicates in metros	Municipal officials, politicians
Bribery for court outcomes	Buying favourable rulings	Judges, magistrates, lawyers
Weak accountability systems	Ineffective oversight, no lifestyle audits	SAPS leadership
Political interference	Manipulation of investigations	Politicians, intelligence officials

 

[Hemi300c]

They, as the anc are, scared of not being able to control the internet.

 

[Nerfherder]

Talk about jealous...... They just jealous they didn't launch or think of such a system.... But it would cause a big thing if they try or when they try......

A Chinese\Russian Starlink would be just as much of a threat to the west as Starlink is to Russia\China. And yes they have projects on the go, its all happening.

Puts a lot of what has been happening with Starlink locally in context. There is already a turf war.

 

[Nerfherder]

They, as the anc are, scared of not being able to control the internet.

To be fair - everyone is. Why would any government be ok with someone running high speed internet into their territory with out being able to legislate and monitor it.

 

[Anthro]

Internet socialism 101: It is not YOUR data, it is OUR data.

VIVA CANcer VIVA

 

[WollieVerstege]

Based on Starlink's military application, I am pretty sure every country worth anything has a plan to stop it in some way or another, including US allies. That's just military strategy 101.

 

[The Gilded]

Just do it! Blow them satellites outta the sky.

 

[The Gilded]

Well now it's obvious why we don't have Starlink when Mozambique, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, etc. etc. do.

On another note @The Gilded - what a lame attempt to compete. If you can't beat it, break it?

That's right. I fully support military intervention from Russia and China.

 

[ShaunSA]

Good. The world doesn't need the interwebs falling under nazi control

#starlinkmustfall

 

[Brian_G]

That's right. I fully support military intervention from Russia and China.

Thanks to @etienne_marais for the links

 

[The Gilded]

Thanks to @etienne_marais for the links

Please lose the laughably outdated 20th century thinking. Neither Russia nor China are communist or socialist. Please visit either of them and you would be amazed. I'm not saying they are perfect countries but they certainly are not socialist.

But, yes, I agree with you on Cuba and that socialism is a failed ideology. I will have you know that my ideology is very right wing.

 

[borro]

Please lose the laughably outdated 20th century thinking. Neither Russia nor China are communist or socialist. Please visit either of them and you would be amazed. I'm not saying they are perfect countries but they certainly are not socialist.

But, yes, I agree with you on Cuba and that socialism is a failed ideology. I will have you know that my ideology is very right wing.

Haven’t been there since the special operation started, but enjoyed it very much. Food was much better there.
Never been to China though. Or Cuba.

 

[Sapphiron]

Talk about jealous...... They just jealous they didn't launch or think of such a system.... But it would cause a big thing if they try or when they try......

Its has nothing to do with Internet access and everything to do with its scanning, tracking and signals intelligence collection abilities.

wonder why Star-link wants to put "datacentres" in space, when everyone says the thermodynamic don't work. its so they can do more signals processing in real-time close to the satellites at higher bandwidth. Because that is the current bottleneck.

 

[Brian_G]

The CCP's governance remains rooted in traditional Marxist-Leninist principles and state supremacy. Russia's state is highly centralized and capitalist, dominated by a fusion of state power and wealthy oligarchs. Basically the state that communism built.

Youngins have been hypnotised, but they'll find out. Round and round we go

The other myth is that Europe is now Socialist, also highly twisted.