“Will make it possible to fly up to 2,000 km: the Russians installed a Starlink terminal on the Shahed-136 Defense forces of Ukraine destroyed the Russian Shahed-136 drone equipped with Starlink satellite communication. This can allow the drone to fly up to 2,000 km and have a powerful communication channel for transmitting intelligence.”, — write on: unn.ua
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Ukraine’s defense forces destroyed a Russian Shahed-136 that was equipped with Starlink satellite communication from SpaceX during today’s night attack, in which 28 of 32 drones were shot down. Defense Express received the relevant photos from its own sources. They show a satellite dish with serial numbers on it. This should allow to investigate the supply channels of the Starlink terminal
It is noted that the Russians, installing Starlink terminals on the Shahed-136, are trying to turn it into a reconnaissance drone, which will provide a very wide and powerful feedback channel with the drone, the ability to transmit information from it and change the flight task at any distance.
Starlink may be needed by the enemy in order to transmit intelligence information, for example, collected by radio technical means about the positions of Ukrainian air defense. Or, in the case of equipping the drone with cameras – images. And thanks to Starlink, the Russian Federation can use Shahed as an extremely long-range barrage munition with the possibility of reconnaissance, due to an additional camera, and hitting even moving targets. The choice of the Shahed platform for such purposes may be related to its capabilities in terms of a flight range of about 2000 km and a fairly significant free volume in the middle of the fuselage
Addition
Oleksandr Ruvin, director of the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Examinations, said that the Russians are trying to modernize various types of weapons used to attack Ukraine. However, due to the shortage of high-tech components, the quality of these weapons deteriorates.
We can say that both the component base and the weapons used by the armed forces of the Russian Federation have changed significantly. Yes, the other day, cruise missiles were used, which have dual warheads: both high-explosive and cluster warheads. We monitor all changes, we see the modernization of various components, as well as the degradation of certain parts that are used, in particular, electronic boards. Yes, they have to change high-tech components to the Kh-101 missiles. They will install targeting units from Orlan-10 drones on them
We will remind
On the night of September 25, the Russian occupation army attacked Ukraine with various types of missiles and UAVs. Ukrainian air defense destroyed 4 guided air missiles and 28 drones.