[1]https://news.yahoo.com/russia-tried-hold-ukraine-internet-165000633.html

And now the Pentagon is green with envy.

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     * SpaceX’s successful intervention in Ukrainian [2]satellite
       signal-jamming is a model for the Pentagon, officials say.
     * Russian electronic jamming affected [3]Starlink satellite internet
       receivers sent to Ukraine.
     * [4]SpaceX quickly issued a fix for the jam, something the Pentagon
       says current rules won’t allow the public sector to do.

   The U.S. Department of Defense is casting envious eyes on Elon Musk’s
   SpaceX after the aerospace company swiftly responded to an “electronic
   warfare attack” in Ukraine last month. SpaceX donated Starlink
   terminals to Ukraine to help the country stay connected in wartime, but
   Russian [5]signal-jamming attempted to thwart those plans. The
   notoriously bureaucratic Pentagon says it’s a model for responding to
   threats that it can’t currently match—but desperately needs to.

   Back in February, Ukraine’s government appealed to SpaceX for a
   shipment of Starlink satellite internet terminals. The terminals
   supplemented Ukraine’s prewar [6]internet infrastructure, which has
   seen [7]reduced service due to damage from the war and Russian hacking.
   Starlink [8]quickly shipped 5,000 terminals to Ukraine, with 3,667
   donated by SpaceX and the remaining 1,333 purchased by the U.S. Agency
   for International Development. The first shipment of terminals arrived
   just two days after the appeal.

References

   1. https://news.yahoo.com/russia-tried-hold-ukraine-internet-165000633.html
   2. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a28250133/russia-gps-signals-israel/
   3. https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/satellites/a39023180/spacex-lost-40-starlink-satellites-in-a-solar-storm/
   4. https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a30171972/the-spacex-decade/
   5. https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a20289/north-korea-jamming-gps-signals/
   6. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a29666802/future-of-the-internet/
   7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/03/29/ukraine-internet-faq/
   8. https://www.space.com/spacex-usaid-starlink-terminals-ukraine