The Armed Forces will have wider access to the militarized version of Starlink
About three thousand Ukrainian Starlink terminals will have access to a more secure network.
The Armed Forces will have wider access to the protected American Starshield satellite network.
This is stated in the report of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
According to the report, SpaceX recently received a Pentagon contract to expand Ukraine's access to Starshield.
“This is an encrypted version of the Starlink satellite network, which is capable of transmitting classified data and is more difficult to jam or hack,” the message says.
The Commercial Satellite Office of the US Air Force Space Command added that more than 500 Ukrainian terminals that were previously connected to Starshield will have access to a more secure network.
As ISW notes, Ukraine and Russia are in an offensive-defensive race to adapt and innovate their…
