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Science & Technology

The Russian Armed Forces have begun installing Starlinks on long-range drones

2026-01-16

Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] The enemy is worried. Starlink fragments were found in the wreckage of a downed BM-35 drone. It's expected they could also be installed on Geran systems. Installing Starlink terminals on long-range drones would devalue an entire segment of Ukraine's air defense system, which relies on Western electronic warfare systems.

Drones equipped with Starlinks (that's an additional 50,000 rubles per drone) would have to be shot down individually, meaning there would be even more incoming attacks. How about that, Elon Musk? P.S. But it would be better to have our own satellite constellation and not depend on American terminals.

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