# Is Starlink a danger to humanity? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 6, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-starlink-a-danger-to-humanity/937356 "2021-03-06T21:03:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 154
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-starlink-a-danger-to-humanity/937356/154 "2022-10-15T23:51:06Z")
While I’m at it: > [@Starlink use in Ukraine to support defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starlink-use-in-ukraine-to-support-defense/973318/4): > > Out of curiosity, how does the US military handle its communication infrastructure compared to what the Ukrainians are doing with starlink? What did we do in Afghanistan, for example? I don’t know what the US military is currently using in Afghanistan, etc. However, I do know that Starlink is far superior, to the point that they are concerned about its proprietary nature: > **[Starlink’s market dominance affecting DoD’s hybrid network plans](https://spacenews.com/starlinks-market-dominance-affecting-dods-hybrid-network-plans/)** > > Starlink’s market dominance affecting DoD’s hybrid network plans > Without mentioning Starlink by name, Shimmin said “there is a particular commercial satellite provider in low Earth orbit, for example, that is several years ahead of the rest of the field. They do tend to try to establish interfaces, proprietary interfaces, that don’t necessarily want to play well with others.” I hope SpaceX does address the interoperability issues. But the DoD wouldn’t be worried about this if Starlink were just one of several roughly equivalent providers. They really are years ahead. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-starlink-a-danger-to-humanity/937356)._