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China wary of SpaceX's Starlink service during Taiwan contingency
China has analyzed how the Starlink satellite internet service run by Elon Musk's SpaceX works in Taiwan and surrounding areas and is concerned about its intelligence-gathering and reconnaissance capabilities, according to a report by Chinese military researchers.
China has analyzed how the Starlink satellite internet service run by Elon Musk's SpaceX works in Taiwan and surrounding areas and is concerned about its intelligence-gathering and reconnaissance capabilities, according to a report by Chinese military researchers. The report found that more than 90 percent of mainland China, Taiwan and surrounding waters were covered by the Starlink service and that the maximum noncoverage time period without any satellite communications had been shortened to 40 seconds in those areas. Takahiro Tsuchiya, an associate professor at Kyoto University of Advanced Science who is well-versed in Chinese military affairs, said Beijing fears that Starlink would detect the movements of front-line troops and make them public in the event of an invasion of Taiwan.
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