US plans to deploy devices to jam Russian and Chinese satellites
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The US plans to deploy a new ground-based signal jamming system to prevent Chinese and Russian satellites from transmitting information about US troops during the conflict, reports Bloomberg.
The Pentagon Space Agency first tested the system earlier this year in two different locations, and it was monitored in a third location.
It is noted that the devices are not intended to protect American satellites from Chinese or Russian interference, but to “to responsibly counter adversary satellite communications capabilities that enable attacks.”
The first 11 of the 24 US remote modular terminals are planned to be deployed in a few months, and all of them can be installed by December 31 at undisclosed locations.
The terminals are small, transportable, and inexpensive means of jamming satellite communications that can be used in harsh environments to protect US forces.
The new terminals complement the much larger Counter Communications System and Meadowlands systems by providing the ability to be distributed, remotely controlled and relatively mobile.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine recently signed a memorandum with the Finnish company ICEYE. The agreement will deepen cooperation in space intelligence, which is important for Ukraine's national security and defense.
Earlier, RBC-Ukraine reported that Elon Musk's SpaceX company received a contract to build a ship that will launch the International Space Station from Earth orbit.
