The ultimatum hurts America even more when many well studied professionals are almost certainly starting to look internationally as a contingency plan for what is currently happening.
The potential for literally the same people who built the American systems to build the European ones is growing as this governments fist is tightening it's grip on power.
Also strange to propose that there are only two options when Europe already has it's own up and running GEO and LEO satellite systems. It's not choosing US or China, it's chosen to expand their own systems.
(I wouldn't be surprised that Brendan Carr simply doesn't know what European options are available)
It's a false choice fortunately. The EU doesn't have to choose between a totalitarian state and a crumbling democracy that is currently threatening to invade and seize the territory of a EU member nation. They can, and should, choose their own products or those of other reliable and friendly trading partners around the globe.
The ultimatum hurts America even more when many well studied professionals are almost certainly starting to look internationally as a contingency plan for what is currently happening.
The potential for literally the same people who built the American systems to build the European ones is growing as this governments fist is tightening it's grip on power.
In pretty much all aspects of life, you gotta be careful presenting ultimatums. People might not respond with the answer you hoped.
Also strange to propose that there are only two options when Europe already has it's own up and running GEO and LEO satellite systems. It's not choosing US or China, it's chosen to expand their own systems.
(I wouldn't be surprised that Brendan Carr simply doesn't know what European options are available)
What's even funnier is that the actual upsell is of Musk's Starlink, lmao
It's a false choice fortunately. The EU doesn't have to choose between a totalitarian state and a crumbling democracy that is currently threatening to invade and seize the territory of a EU member nation. They can, and should, choose their own products or those of other reliable and friendly trading partners around the globe.
Europe would be wise to start investing heavily in its own communications tech.
That is actually one of Europe‘s strong suits: https://www.telecoms.com/5g-6g/nokia-finally-replaces-huawei...
Comparing national-origins of technology, plus a mention of Nokia, reminds me of this Transformers (2007) scene [0].
> "Oooh. Nokias are real nasty. You've gotta respect the Japanese. They know the way of the Samurai."
> "... Nokia's from Finland."
[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VumNpJl-IeQ
https://archive.is/CrpI2
And the self-harm continues.
How long will it take for the US to recover from this madness, if ever?
read unpaywalled here: https://archive.is/CrpI2
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