And they weren't using it for deep strikes. They were using it to enable the anti-Shahed drones which need very fast updates because their targets moving at a clip that is just manageable. Any kind of delay and they'll miss and that means another one of these crap machines lands on a Ukrainian city.
Messing with that is roughly the same as enabling Germany to bomb London more effectively using V2s.
The video clip of Rubio saying this is on C-SPAN for those interested.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=T2ZEMRKjTz8
If you listen carefully - it sounds like they do have Starshield, but only for internal access (not enabled for deep strikes)?
And they weren't using it for deep strikes. They were using it to enable the anti-Shahed drones which need very fast updates because their targets moving at a clip that is just manageable. Any kind of delay and they'll miss and that means another one of these crap machines lands on a Ukrainian city.
Messing with that is roughly the same as enabling Germany to bomb London more effectively using V2s.