Explosive! Southeast University Researches Counter-Starlink Technology, Adding a New Variable to the Taiwan Strait Game
Recently, Hong Kong media, the South China Morning Post, reported that due to Ukraine's battlefield advantage aided by the Starlink satellite system in the Russia-Ukraine war, Southeast University has begun researching how to effectively interfere with Starlink's operations in Taiwan Province if a conflict breaks out in the Taiwan Strait.
After the Russia-Ukraine conflict broke out in February 2022, Ukraine requested support from Musk for the Starlink system, and thousands of terminal devices were quickly delivered. Initially, the Russian military successfully interfered with Starlink signals, but after SpaceX updated its software and satellite configuration, the Russian interference failed, and the battlefield advantage shifted to Ukraine. The successful performance of Starlink in Ukraine shocked the global military community.
According to Hong Kong media reports, a university in mainland China published an article in the journal "Systems Engineering and Electronics" in early November. The study pointed out that Starlink uses a large number of low-orbit satellites and communication technologies such as frequency hopping and adaptive systems, making traditional ground-based interference methods ineffective. It is necessary to adopt a distributed interference strategy, using drones, balloons, or aircraft to carry hundreds or even thousands of small synchronized airborne jammers to form an electromagnetic barrier. Each jamming device can suppress approximately 38.5 square kilometers of Starlink connections under optimal conditions. Considering Taiwan's area of about 36,000 square kilometers, at least 935 synchronized jammers are needed for full suppression, although the actual number may be higher.
It is worth noting that Southeast University already has relevant countermeasures against Starlink. For example, the J-16D electronic warfare aircraft, when equipped with specific interference equipment, can effectively interfere with Starlink communications in the Taiwan Strait region, and the performance of this equipment has been verified in last year's South China Sea military exercises.
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