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| Shoot Down or Blind: What Russia Can Do to American Satellites |
| 2024-07-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited by Andrey Musalov [REGNUM] American strategic drones regularly circle over the Black Sea. They conduct reconnaissance and indicate targets for high-precision weapons that the West supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces for strikes on our country, the Russian Defense Ministry said. On June 28, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov instructed the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces to submit proposals for measures to promptly respond to provocations. At the same time, in addition to aircraft and drones, the Ukrainian side is also being assisted by a large satellite group of NATO countries. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 There are two ways to counter space espionage: by shooting down satellites in orbit or by jamming satellite terminals on the ground. The traditional satellite defense strategy had been to target the control and relay ground stations rather than the satellites themselves, because they are few. Musk offers a distributed control system for his constellations making them less vulnerable though loss of the Redmond WA facility would be catastrophic. Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands to Provide Coverage to Much of the Arctic |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-07-05 11:54 |