A bottle of flammable liquid in Poland, a nuclear option on a Russian wish-list—the hunt for Starlink widens
Strip Starlink from Ukraine and its army goes blind—the calculation driving a Russian proposal to knock the satellite network out by any means available.
A Russian academic and an ultranationalist media owner have proposed various methods to disrupt Starlink, the satellite network supporting Ukraine's military operations, according to Ukrainian defense outlet Militarnyi. The ideas range from jamming signals to detonating a nuclear device in space. These proposals come as Poland investigates a suspicious fire at a Starlink ground station serving Ukraine.
The fire, which occurred on September 23rd, destroyed the distribution panel of the station and found a bottle of flammable liquid near the burned area. The Ukrainian government is considering the possibility of sabotage, but Exatel, the station's operator, maintains it does not operate or own the infrastructure. The Russian military's top officials, Sergei Glazyev and Konstantin Malofeyev, have put forth plans to target Starlink satellites, including electronic warfare and kinetic options, although they acknowledge the expense and potential collateral damage.
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