Russia straps Starlinks to new unjammable drones
Russian forces are attaching Starlink satellite dishes to their drones to avoid Ukrainian jamming and strike targets deep behind the front lines. The BM-35 drones have been equipped with Elon Musk’s internet-connected terminals to extend their range into Nato territory. The satellite systems allow Moscow to bypass Ukraine’s defences which typically disable drones through jamming GPS and radio signals. Ukrainian intelligence also believes Moscow has begun modifying some Iranian-made Shahed drones, thousands of which are fired across Ukraine every month, with the SpaceX technology. Kyiv said on Thursday there had been “hundreds” of cases where Starlink-enabled Russian drones had been fired into Ukraine. Russia is using Elon Musk’s internet-connected terminals to extend the range of their drones – Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s defence minister, said it was working with SpaceX to prevent Russian drones being modified with Starlink. “We are grateful to SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell and personally to Elon Musk for the quick response and the start of work on resolving the situation,” Mr Fedorov said in a statement. Russia’s use of Starlink-modified …