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Getting 610 Mibps of data connectivity to/from a Fighter Jet is likely game changing.

Starlink connectivity is from the jet to a satellite back to a ground station, making jamming the signal much more difficult from Jet to ground. I assume the starlink satellites can bounce the signal from one another as well.

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> I assume the starlink satellites can bounce the signal from one another as well.

Not yet, future iteration. Bent pipe currently (Ground->Sat->Ground).

Ah if they could do Ground->Sat->Sat->Ground. You could always have the Sat->Ground communication over the USA.

In that setup, to jam the signal would require equipment between the USA<->Sat link (difficult), Sat<->Sat (even more difficult), or Plane->Sat (very difficult)

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