Networks Satellite service supports troops and Ukraine, but payments may raise eyebrows after boss's political broadsides Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has clocked up a £16.6 million ($22.6 million) bill with Starlink over the past four years, despite SpaceX CEO Elon Musk expressing a desire to overthrow the UK government. Data released by the MoD shows that Britain has continued to pay for access to the spaceborne data network, primarily to help support the Ukrainian military in its ongoing battle against the Russian invasion. Not all of the expenditure is accounted for by Ukraine, however. Some goes toward providing British military personnel serving overseas with a vital link home. According to Business Matters, upward of 50,000 Starlink terminals have been sent to Ukraine since the start of the war in 2022. Initially, the cost of helping that nation's frontline communications was borne by Starlink itself, with some grumbling from Musk , who controls the company's parent business, SpaceX.…