Banned but still useful Ukraine's military has reportedly relied on commercial Starlink in combat even though the service was not intended for that role, The Atlantic reports. Less than 1 percent of combat zone terminals were on a military-grade Star Shield system. So the wartime state relied on a limited civilian network and then ran into its inherent limits. Another case of battlefield dependency masquerading as digital resilience.

Banned but still useful Ukraine's military has reportedly relied on commercial Starlink in combat even though the service was not intended for that role, The Atlantic reports. Less than 1 percent of combat zone terminals were on a military-grade Star Shield system. So the wartime state relied on a limited civilian network and then ran into its inherent limits. Another case of battlefield dependency masquerading as digital resilience.