Re: Russia is bluffing
Yes, unless they can unmythify the communication between satellites for more remote ones, they'll still need local uplinks. If you wanted to take out Ukraine's ability to use Starlink, it would be easier to attack those uplinks which don't move than satellites which not only are moving but have replacements earlier in the orbit. Unfortunately for Russia, the uplinks they'd need to go after are in some cases on the soil of NATO members and bombing things there can be dangerous.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
