- Dependence on others: a shortage of its own satellite communications led to massive use of Starlink, leaving Russia vulnerable to the decisions of an American company.
- EW works: large-scale GNSS jamming and jamming of satellite terminals have a demonstrable effect — also far beyond the battlefield, as far as the Baltic Sea region.
- Cyber as an opening move: the attack on Viasat preceded the invasion (see 9.3).
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§7.5 Lessons from Ukraine for Russia
What the war exposed about Russian space capability.