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That's probably why the US Navy uses a network agnostic architecture that connects to both Starlink and OneWeb, as well as military LEO satellites.

Besides, according to [1] they can so far only use Starlink for unclassified data. Unlike Ukraine and Russia, the US isn't under any real pressure and can take their time to get this right.

1: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/navy/2024/06/navy-project-bri...

Starlink isn't a reliable primary radio, period. The US ships being equipped with Starlink are doing so alongside their datalink and radio comms, as should any smart implementation. Both Ukraine and Russia are silly to rely on trivially-jammed AESA comms when more resilient military-grade options exist. Either side has access to military satellites for this kinda stuff.

Interesting speculation based on a render of a square antenna.