During the recent U.S. military campaign against Iran, Pentagon officials and SpaceX executives clashed over how much the Defense Department should pay for Starlink satellite service used to guide American LUCAS suicide drones, according to a Reuters report. SpaceX argued the drones were effectively using an aviation-level tier and pressed for higher fees, while the Pentagon initially maintained they should be billed at lower land or mobility rates designed for different uses. Reuters reported that the Pentagon ultimately accepted SpaceX’s higher pricing, nearly doubling the cost of each LUCAS drone as strikes on Iranian targets were intensifying, and that disagreements over Starlink billing later continued beyond drone terminals.
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五角大楼接受 SpaceX 的更高定价会影响您的税款。每次用于军事行动的无人机的成本几乎翻了一番。请留意这可能会对国防部的预算以及间接对您的税收产生何种影响。
这场争端凸显了现代战争成本的复杂性。这不仅关乎装备,也关乎指导这些装备的技术服务。如果你认识军界或科技界的人,他们可能会觉得这个见解很有意思。
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