SpaceX Demands Fivefold Starlink Price Hike From Pentagon During Iran War
🛰️ PENTAGON — Musk raised Starlink prices fivefold; the US had no alternative. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: SpaceX holds near-monopoly on military low-orbit comms the Pentagon can't rapidly replace. A fivefold hike during active Iran ops means Musk extracted rent from a captive wartime buyer. With DoD already stretched on Gulf funding, this sets a precedent: private infrastructure owners can price-gouge during active national security crises.
