Elon Musk brings the wrong message to Beijing

Published May 30, 2023 4:44pm ET




In February, a Chinese People’s Liberation Army strategy paper disclosed plans to build 13,000 satellites in low Earth orbit. Its explicit mission: to “suppress Starlink” and, if desired, “destroy Starlink satellites that pass over China or other sensitive regions.”

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