Starshield or nothing: NZDF moves closer to buying into Musk's satellite network for secrets
RNZ revealed in June that the Defence Force was running a six-month trial of Starshield, the first confirmed case of a government other than America's trialling the two-year-old system that comprises hundreds if not thousands of satellites.
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