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| Russia could destroy Western satellites helping the Ukrainians | |
| 2022-12-01 | |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] The use of a civilian satellite for military purposes makes it a legitimate target for the Russian Armed Forces. But the purposeful destruction of the spacecraft of a foreign state is, in essence, a declaration of war.
According to him, such a provocative use of spacecraft at least raises questions in the context of the Outer Space Treaty, which implies its exclusively peaceful use, and requires the most serious condemnation by the world community. "Taking into account the global coverage of the Earth’s territory by civil spacecraft, the Pentagon is testing the concept of a promising command and control system anywhere in the world, while the overwhelming number of states do not have effective countermeasures," Vladimir Yermakov emphasized, calling on " all countries interested in the proper use space technologies, to make joint efforts in the interests of the development of near-Earth space for purely peaceful purposes." The Pentagon has other plans. One of them concerns the organization of surveillance from space over Russia and China online. This requires the direct connection of commercial satellites that provide images of the Earth's surface to future orbital networks. This will allow the military in the field to access data faster. In the future, this may make it possible to monitor Moscow and Beijing practically online from space, determining the position of the target to strike in a fraction of a second. Separate stages of work are already underway, in particular, within the Convergence and Blackjack programs. Many questions have arisen about the use of Starlink satellites for military purposes. "For example, a radar satellite radiates, breaks through clouds and gives a picture in the radio range. This allows him to see in all weather conditions. For us, this is critical. The enemy will understand all our maneuvers. It will be much more difficult to transfer equipment under the cover of night and clouds," explained military expert Andrey Klintsevich. According to him, Elon Musk announced the civilian release of the Starlink flat panel antenna. It can be mounted on mobile devices. It was these antennas that were noticed on marine drones. They have a square terminal on the back, which indicates close interaction with Starlink. The enemy has already received new promising samples. The issue of the activities of the US space constellation of satellites in the context of direct support to the VFU at the end of October 2022 was first raised by Deputy Head of the Department for Nonproliferation and Arms Control of the Russian Foreign Ministry Konstantin Vorontsov during his speech at a meeting of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly. "As a result of the actions of the West, the stability of peaceful space activities, as well as numerous socio-economic processes on earth, on which the well-being of people depends, primarily in developing countries, are exposed to unjustified risks," Vorontsov said. The topic was publicly supported by the senior lecturer of the Department of Public Administration and Political Technologies of the State University of Management Artem Kirka. "Indeed, almost any satellite is always a dual-purpose object. The presence of high-resolution optics and data transmission facilities makes it possible to successfully use a seemingly civilian meteorological or other satellite for the operational transmission of intelligence data," the expert emphasized in a conversation with a REGNUM correspondent. Recall that video from the control points of the Armed Forces of Ukraine repeatedly appeared in the information field, where unit commanders demonstrated large screens on which the operational combat situation was broadcast live - you could see almost everything, right down to the side number of the equipment. According to Artem Kirka, the scenario in which Russia will deliberately destroy the spacecraft of a foreign country is unlikely, because in essence this is a declaration of war. | |
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