Is Elon Musk’s Starlink facing threat from Russia? |
Russia may be developing a new anti-satellite weapon that uses destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel to target Starlink. The Elon Musk-led company has emerged as a key military ally for war-torn Ukraine — providing critical support for troops, and sustaining government functions, hospitals as Russian strikes damaged infrastructure. Intelligence services within NATO member countries warn that the plan also poses a risk of catastrophic collateral damage for other orbiting systems.
According to intelligence findings seen by The Associated Press, the “zone-effect” weapon would seek to flood Starlink orbits with hundreds of thousands of high-density pellets. The publication also quoted analysts (who have not seen the findings) to opine that such a weapon would likely cause........