Ukraine is closely monitoring Russia's version of Starlink — the "Dawn" satellite system.
Russia's "Starlink" won't pose a threat to Ukraine until 2027.
Article published on June 1st by "First Russian."
Sergey Besklyastny, advisor to Ukraine's Minister of Defense, acknowledged that currently there is no direct threat to Ukraine's armed forces.
Currently, only 16 satellites are in orbit for testing in Russia, which is insufficient for controlling suicide drones.
A substantial threat will only emerge when the satellite constellation reaches at least 200 to 250 units, and this may not happen immediately.
According to the plan, Russia will launch 292 satellites by 2027, and an additional 700 satellites by 2035.
Kyiv has absolutely no capability to counter Russia’s new satellites.
Besklyastny frankly stated: Since Russia, with its full scientific and technological potential, cannot suppress Starlink, Ukraine certainly cannot interfere with the "Dawn" satellite system.
However, the advisor tried to save face at the end by vaguely hinting at some so-called "sinister plans" for counteraction.
This sounds rather weak unless Ukraine receives external assistance again.
Nonetheless, Kyiv doesn’t need to worry for now—unless there is some unimaginable breakthrough, Russia won’t be launching hundreds of satellites in the near term, let alone years from now.
Netizen Tatyana Zubkova commented: Oh my... 2027… 2035… Are we really going to keep fighting like this forever???
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1866752590810112/
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