Iranian State Media Reports Elon Musk's Companies as Potential Attack Targets

Musk's company SpaceX has become an increasingly important contractor for the U.S. military and intelligence community through its Starshield program.

Starshield is a version of the Starlink satellite network specifically designed for government, intelligence and defense customers, with a specific focus on Earth observation, communications and hosted payloads.

Militaries have increasingly turned to Starlink since Ukraine's widespread use of the network after Russia's 2022 invasion, according to Reuters, and the U.S. has used the Starlink network to guide kamikaze drones