Elon Musk fears attacks on Starlink satellites. He wrote about it on his page on the social network X. According to him, this is the main reason why Starlink should remain a civil service, since the system's participation in offensive operations could involve retaliatory attacks on satellite infrastructure, which would cause serious consequences. "An attack by an adversary on Starlink satellites would create a devastating domino effect, creating a wide field of debris, which in turn would make space unusable," Musk said. He said this in response to a suggestion by another user X, who wrote that Russia could use PL-19-181M/Nodule missiles to attack satellites. Such a missile was actually tested by Russia in 2021, hitting an old satellite.

Elon Musk fears attacks on Starlink satellites. He wrote about it on his page on the social network X. According to him, this is the main reason why Starlink should remain a civil service, since the system's participation in offensive operations could involve retaliatory attacks on satellite infrastructure, which would cause serious consequences. "An attack by an adversary on Starlink satellites would create a devastating domino effect, creating a wide field of debris, which in turn would make space unusable," Musk said. He said this in response to a suggestion by another user X, who wrote that Russia could use PL-19-181M/Nodule missiles to attack satellites. Such a missile was actually tested by Russia in 2021, hitting an old satellite.