Russians Deploy Massive $1.5M Starlink Jammers, Ukrainians Are Blowing Them Up

Russians deploy massive $1.5M Starlink jammers, Ukrainians are blowing them up

Ukrainian forces have many tools in their arsenal to make sure the warheads meet their appointed foreheads—or trucks, trains, ferries, forward bases, and air defenses. Of all these tools, Starlink is one of the most problematic for the Russians because it’s reliable and jam-resistant. Still, it’s not jam-proof. The Russians have again begun deploying giant jammers, such as the Volna Kupol Garant, which can disrupt a satellite signal and protect …

Russia Deploys New EW System Said to Jam Starlink Communications

Russian specialists have developed an electronic warfare (EW) system called Volna Kupol Garant that is designed to jam Starlink satellite communication channels, Military Informant Telegram channel said. The publication drew attention to statements from Ukrainian sources regarding a new system that Russia has reportedly begun using. The complex consists of several trailers equipped with satellite dishes mounted beneath radio-transparent protecti…

Can Russia’s Guarantor Jamming System Defeat the Starlink Mega-constellation? - Inside GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design

As Ukraine uses Starlink-enabled drones to target Russian fuel logistics in occupied Ukraine, Russia’s military is reportedly scaling up efforts to solve one of the harder tactical EW problems of the war: locally denying Starlink connectivity without having to suppress the entire constellation by scaling deployment of an electronic warfare system called Volna Kupol Garant, or “Wave Dome Guarantor.” According to a Telegram post by Ukrainian Defen…