Pentagon Inspector General Refuses Probe Into Starlink, Starshield Slowdowns Over Ukraine: 5 outlets compared – NewsCord

Pentagon Inspector General Refuses Probe Into Starlink, Starshield Slowdowns Over Ukraine: 5 outlets compared  NewsCord

5 sources compared: Western Mainstream (2), Asian (1), Other (1). The Pentagon inspector general’s office refused a bipartisan request to investigate recent disruptions to Starlink and S… Photo: Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) This image was made by Loadmaster (David R. Tribble). Email the author: David R. Tribble, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cropped for layout This article is an automated aggregation of coverage from news outlets. Our editorials offer in-depth analysis curated by the NewsCord team. Pentagon inspector general declines bipartisan request to open probe into Starlink/Starshield slowdowns in Ukraine. Nine senators urged an investigation into throttling of SpaceX's Starlink military network in Ukraine. The Pentagon inspector general’s office refused a bipartisan request to investigate recent disruptions to Starlink and Starshield satellite internet service to Ukraine, and the office said the questions should be directed to the US Air Force and Space Force.

Pentagon Inspector General Platte Moring wrote that “They are better suited to address the matters raised in your letter and to coordinate any Department responses to your questions,” in a letter dated Tuesday. The senators’ request followed Ukrainian officials’ account that military drones lost satellite connectivity when traveling above 161 kilometers per hour (100 miles per hour), and the limit was removed after about 10 days. The Ars Technica account said five Democratic and four Republican senators sent