Technology used to strike down Starlink in Iran has dangerous implications for the U.S. and its allies across the world.
Sometimes the devil is quite literally in the detail. Speculation is now mounting as to the extreme nature of the Russian military technology unleashed in Iran to essentially shut down Starlink Internet for the first time.
Hitting Starlink was the final piece of Iran’s blackout. But that particular. The Iranian government have had a close relationship with Russia especially on the Ukraine war, where they have sent their own kamikaze drones for Russia to use."immediately attributed it to Russian tech: “It is now much clearer what Russia has been delivering to Iran with its military transporters in the last few weeks. Starlink jamming systems.” This was echoed by a Channel 4Then when Starlink telemetry fingerprinted GPS spoofing as an “electronic warfare” escalation, it was again more likely to be Russian military tech than Iran’s own. The attack in Iran was similar toin Ukraine that "Russia’s Tobol electronic warfare system targeted the GPS signal to break the ‘synchronization’ of the Starlink satellite internet service with its ground terminals."But the latest analysis goes further, and strays into more alarming territory. “Did Iran just use Russia’s ‘Kalinka’ jamming system on Starlink?”notes, “is its alleged ability to detect terminals connected to Starshield, the military version of Starlink designed with enhanced security features."report into counter-space technologies. In short, this is intended as a genuine Starlink killer rather than a localized point and shoot solution as had been assumed was in use.again, counter-satcom tech deployed by Iran was likely “designed to negate the advantages that Starlink allows its users to enjoy. And it is more than likely that those tactics were not created by the Iranians. Instead, they were likely crafted by the cutthroat space warriors in Beijing and Moscow and shared with their besieged partners in Tehran.”takes the same view, citing reports that. “Iranian authorities are also blocking Starlink connectivity. It is estimated that they received technical assistance from Russia or China.” We don’t know exactly what was used on the ground in Iran, but it now seems beyond doubt that the more effective technologies in use were shipped in from Russia. A mix of lessons learned from Ukraine and a testbed for new capabilities in a more benign environment than the military hot-zone on Russia’s own borders. The fear is that the capabilities deployed in Iran have connotations for actual space-based military comms technology that would be deployed in an actual nation state conflict involving the U.S. and its major allies.says, “the probable use of such systems in Iran indicates the globalization of technological confrontation in space. Russian developments in the field of electronic warfare are becoming a tool for regimes seeking to limit access to independent communications and intelligence in areas of geopolitical crises.”Just as we have seen in Iran, where the almost complete internet blackout is now feared to preface permanent restrictions on communications across the country. This “kill switch,” Simon Migliano told me on the release of his report into such shutdowns, “is a blunt instrument intended to crush dissent," costing the regime millions per day.
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