Re:Trans-Pacific Cable Chaos, Shifting Asian Hubs
by krisoft on Sunday June 06, 2021 @09:00AM
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> What's preventing jamming a small, distant satellite signal with a big strong local transmitter?
Anti-radiation missiles which home on the strong local transmitter.
I'm not saying this flippantly. Obviously not all Starlink consumers have access to such a thing. The scenario I'm talking about here is when a country is trying to choke the military communications of an other one.
The big benefit of these LEO satellite constellations is that they have hundreds of satellites in them which makes anti-sat weaponry not cost effective. (Or at least that's the hope.)
Anti-radiation missiles which home on the strong local transmitter.
I'm not saying this flippantly. Obviously not all Starlink consumers have access to such a thing. The scenario I'm talking about here is when a country is trying to choke the military communications of an other one.
The big benefit of these LEO satellite constellations is that they have hundreds of satellites in them which makes anti-sat weaponry not cost effective. (Or at least that's the hope.)