6 British military satellites paralyzed, Russia's warning to NATO

Britain has only six military reconnaissance satellites, but they are all paralyzed by electronic suppression, and is Russia teaching NATO a lesson?

The Ukrainian battlefield has entered a crucial stage; a counter-offensive north of Pokrovsk in Donetsk region is a risky gamble for Ukraine. The Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, General Syrsky, has mobilized all available troops from Zaporizhia, Kherson and Sumy to Pokrovsk and Konstantinovka.

He also concentrated the elite forces of two brigades of the 1st Azov Army to fight at the Dobropilya salient. This is the last line of defense in Donetsk province, to prevent the Russian army from advancing on Dnepropetrovsk province, considered the "industrial heart" of Ukraine. And behind Pokrovsk, the Ukrainian army has few cities to rely on for defense.

Kiev’s leadership and the Ukrainian military now hope that NATO and the EU will intervene directly in Ukraine, rather than “just stand by and talk”. A Russian blogger on the social media platform Telegram, claims that Kiev is eager to reverse the deteriorating situation in Donbass.

The blogger also accused Ukraine of staging multiple false flag incidents (referring to alleged Russian UAV incursions) in NATO member states such as Poland and Romania, hoping to trigger NATO's Article 5 collective security mechanism and drag NATO and the EU into a quagmire of war.

Surprisingly, however, not only was NATO's Article 5 not invoked, but even invoking Article 4 (a mechanism for collective discussion of unexpected security threats) became taboo for the US and Europe.

Previously, EU powers such as the UK, France and Germany also threatened to establish a "European peacekeeping force" to deploy to Ukraine, but this quickly proved to be a "verbal attack" against Russia; when the US, the bloc's leader, "turned a blind eye".

Without the US involvement, none of these NATO countries would be willing to go to war. Moreover, they were facing Russia, the world's second largest military power, and their chances of winning were virtually non-existent.

A report from Russian media (RT) has revealed "concerns" within NATO countries. The report said that in an interview with the British news agency BBC, the Commander of the UK Space Command, General Paul Tedman, expressed "deep concern" about Russia's continued interference and tracking of British military satellites.

Currently, the UK has only six military satellites in orbit, carrying out communications and surveillance missions. General Tedman stated: "We see Russian interference with our satellites on a regular basis." Despite being equipped with anti-jamming technology, British satellites continue to be subject to Russian interference "almost weekly", making them unable to function properly.

In addition, General Tedman added that Russia not only jams but also tracks and uses satellites with equipment to "see" British satellites and collect information from them. The fact that all six British military reconnaissance satellites are regularly jammed means that the British military's space reconnaissance capabilities are almost paralyzed.

According to General Tedman, jamming activities have increased continuously and become more targeted since Russia launched the “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine in February 2022. Jamming activities are not only from satellites but also from ground systems.

British satellites are equipped with anti-jamming technology, but the “weekly” jamming is enough to worry Britain. Some people ask: Why doesn’t Britain respond and jam Russian satellites? But in reality, this is “easier said than done”, because not every country has the technical capacity to jam.

To counter this, the UK is investing in developing anti-laser sensors, as there is a risk that adversaries will use bright lights or lasers to blind or distort satellite signals. The UK is also looking at improving its space-based defense capabilities, to protect critical systems such as communications, navigation and command, which rely heavily on satellites.

However, this is easier said than done, as aerospace powers such as Russia, China and the United States all possess hundreds of reconnaissance satellites in orbit. There is no doubt that the "blindfolding" of British military reconnaissance satellites is a show of Russian space power, serving as a lesson to NATO members. (image source: Sina, Al Jazeera, Wikipedia).

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