Russia has legal standing to knock out Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites

In a stark warning, a space law expert has cautioned that commercial satellites, such as Elon Musk’s Starlink, might become a potential military target, especially after Musk made the satellite constellation available to the Ukraine military to communicate and coordinate in the ongoing war against Russia last year.

Major Jeremy Grunert, an officer in the United States Air Force Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, said during the UK Space Conference in Belfast that companies needed to be careful about straying into conflicts and that they might become fair game in future conflicts if they…