In a response to a post from Musk mentioning turning off the system, Sikorski implied that any threats to shut down Starlink would result in a search for other suppliers. Rubio quickly dismissed the claims that Musk would shut down the system and urged Sikorski to be grateful.
Sunday’s exchange started when Musk posted that Starlink was the «backbone of the Ukrainian army».
«Their entire front line would collapse if I turned it off,» he wrote.
Sikorski then responded to Musk’s post, saying that Poland was paying for the service.
«Starlinks for Ukraine are paid for by the Polish Digitization Ministry at the cost of about $50 million per year,» Sikorski wrote. «The ethics of threatening the victim of aggression apart, if SpaceX proves to be an unreliable provider we will be forced to look for other suppliers.»
The trio went back and forth in an exchange of posts on X that ended with Musk calling Sikorski «small man».
Starlink’s system Digital Agency is part of SpaceX’s mission to provide high-speed internet to remote and underserved areas — like war zones — around the world.