Starlink's purpose was always military one, specially in ukraine/iran and SEA
It's very well documented
https://www.c4isrnet.com/intel-geoint/2021/12/23/the-us-mili...
https://spacenews.com/spacex-sees-u-s-army-as-possible-custo...
https://spacenews.com/spacex-sees-u-s-army-as-possible-custo...
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2022/12/28/how-sta...
When they got caught: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1581345747777179651
https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/37874/20220526/china-s...
US military using commercial products as a cover: https://qz.com/1145669/googles-true-origin-partly-lies-in-ci...