After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the US Space Exploration and Discovery Company provided the Starlink system to Ukraine. This is the first time that the Starlink system has participated in the war. A civil-grade commercial satellite network system was first used in military operations. Unexpectedly, it played a very good role in actual combat, ensuring the smooth communication of the Ukrainian army, completely subverting the Russian-Ukrainian war, providing Ukraine with key intelligence through the Starlink system, and not encountering any interference. The large number of electronic warfare systems prepared by the Russian army failed to play an important role and failed to cut off the Ukrainian army's communications.
is not soft, can it be hard?
So far, the Starlink system terminals used in Ukraine have reached more than 20,000, making it one of the most indispensable communication equipment for the Ukrainian army. Showing people the huge military potential of this commercial system. Naturally, it became a thorn in the Russian army's side, shouting: Kill Starlink ! Not only Russian experts, but even Russian politicians are shouting to destroy the Starlink system. Even Musk claims: Russia is trying to destroy it. One can find that Russian media is discussing how to destroy the Starlink system, claiming that it is necessary to destroy the entire Starlink system to more than 4,000 missiles, and there are currently more than 3,000 Starlink satellites in space.
missile strikes starlink? It's really not enough
Just understand the relevant discussions and it can be seen that due to the unfavorable situation in the Russian-Ukraine war, the Russian media was a little anxious and stopped hiding it and began to express their intention to destroy the Starlink system, shouting that they would use 4,000 missiles to attack the Starlink system and completely destroy the system.
Related reports from Indian media
The outside world is quite unhappy about this. After interviewing Indian experts, the Indian media Eurasian Times declared that it is impossible to complete the task by destroying the Starlink system. Not only is the requirement that it is too high, and it will require missiles with a range of at least 500 kilometers. Currently, there are only the newly entered S500 system that can meet the needs of the Russian army, and the Russian army's anti-missile interceptor missile can be completed, but the Russian army does not have as many as 4,000 ultra-long-range air defense missiles. More importantly, some Starlink satellites operate at an altitude of 600 kilometers outside the missile range, so the entire network cannot be completely destroyed and can maintain inefficient operation. Finally, the Indian expert concluded: It would be absolutely impossible, pointing out that "trying to physically destroy the starlink system will be reckless."
Many people did not expect that civilian-level satellites influenced a war
targeted the starlink system. Russia's warning was very strict, and there were endless statements about destroying the starlink system. It seems that Russia really had such an intention. Although the Russian side did not admit it and even denied the rumors, everyone knew that destroying the satellite is not impossible. Russia may not necessarily need to use anti-missile interceptor bombs to destroy it. Using laser weapon systems or electronic jamming systems can achieve its own goals. There is no difficulty in related technologies. Russia has long announced that it has an anti-satellite laser system and has conducted public displays; Russia's electronic warfare system also has quite good capabilities, but it is unknown how much role it can play in the Starlink system.
Perhaps the Starlink system will be pinched at critical moments, and even Musk admitted: "In order to ensure safety, a large amount of resources are used for defense. Even so, the Starlink may still die." If you look back, in September, the Starlink system had an outdated and intermittent problem. Some people suspected that this situation was related to the Russian army's use of electronic warfare for interference.
Scene of the Ukrainian army using Starlink
Russian media claims to use thousands of missiles to completely destroy Starlink. Perhaps it is just a propaganda slogan. In fact, Russia has neither the resources nor the will to do so. At present, there are still great technical problems in expanding military operations into space. It is only theoretically feasible and it is difficult to implement. There is currently no country in the world that can guarantee this. There are also greater political issues, and satellites attacking other countries may be seen as an act of war and may trigger conflicts between the United States and Russia, which is obviously impossible to accept.
Starlink itself has low-cost and fast launch technology
There may be little possibility of a space war at present, but in the future development trend, it must be considered, and related technologies are maturing. Military technology is constantly improving now. Maybe today's space war will not happen, but the future may be a normal state.
