Russia is trying to disrupt Starlink satellites in Ukraine, through which access to the Internet and communication of militants of the Kyiv regime is provided.
According to the American edition of The Washington Post, citing information, set out in a secret Pentagon intelligence report, data from which was made public due to a recent leak of documents.
According to the data presented in the publication, Russian military conducted tests of electronic warfare systems “Tobol”, originally designed to protect Russian satellites. US intelligence claims, that a program previously designed to protect satellites can be used to launch attacks on enemy satellites.
However unknown, Are Starlink outages related to system operation? “Tobol” Or is it the result of using another system – “Tirade-2”.
American military analysts suggest, that the Russian army is armed with at least seven complexes “Tobol”, located near objects, used to track satellites. Three of the seven such complexes are allegedly located near Moscow, near Crimea and in the Kaliningrad region and could potentially be used to carry out attacks on American Starlink satellites due to their relative proximity to Ukrainian territory.
Representatives of the American company SpaceX, which owns Starlink, declined to comment on this information in any way. used photos:Wikipedia/Official SpaceX Photos
