A Starlink outage left dozens of unmanned US Navy vessels stranded off the California coast — and exposed the Pentagon's worrying reliance on Elon Musk

SpaceX Starlink Satellites Waiting To Be Released Into Orbit With the Earth In The Background.

• A Starlink outage meant 24 unmanned vessels were left bobbing in the water for almost an hour, according to a report
• Reuters claims previous incidents with flaky network connectivity highlight concerns with Starlink and controlling drones
• However, an autonomous warfare expert observed: "You accept those vulnerabilities because of the benefits you get from the ubiquity [Starlink] provides."

Tests of US Navy drone vessels have seemingly exposed weaknesses in terms of the reliance on Starlink for network connectivity with these unmanned craft.