Now that the U.S. has Russia’s deadliest weapon, it has run into a problem: what Elon Musk is asking for it to work

Reuters reports a dispute between the Pentagon and SpaceX over Starshield terminals needed for LUCAS attack drones.

The drones were meant to be a low-cost alternative to missiles like Tomahawk, but they rely on private satellite connectivity to coordinate strikes.

SpaceX says true military use should be billed at far higher rates than the U.S. military expected to pay.

The episode highlights how U.S. weapons systems, like earlier Starlink failures in Ukraine, depend on infrastructure controlled by SpaceX and Elon Musk.