Leaked documents show China-Russia plan to disable and destroy Starlink
Leaked documents from a 2023 China-Russia military forum in Guangzhou outline a three level plan against Starlink, from joint jamming to malware and low cost anti satellite weapons, according to an investigation by The Insider, Der Spiegel and Le Monde. SpaceX has delivered more than 40,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine.
An investigation by The Insider, Der Spiegel and Le Monde reveals leaked documents from the Third China-Russia Military-Technical Cooperation Forum, held in Guangzhou in November 2023. Researchers from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation presented a three level escalation ladder against Starlink: first legal and diplomatic pressure, then a joint electromagnetic jamming architecture, and finally malware pushed through user terminals combined with low cost weapons to destroy satellites in orbit. The documents describe plans and proposals; the investigation reports signs of progress since 2023 but no confirmed attack on satellites. Starlink is a key communication tool for Ukraine, with more than 40,000 terminals delivered by SpaceX. One Russian jamming system reportedly blocks Starlink receivers within a radius of about 16 kilometers. Source: The Insider, Der Spiegel, Le Monde. Visuals are AI-generated.