Given that "the fundamentals of radio signal transmission have not changed since the invention of the radio," the Kalika system can assist the Russian military in promptly identifying and targeting Starlink terminals.
Moscow The Russian military is said to have created a sophisticated system that may identify and track signals from enemy unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UAVs) that connect to satellite systems like Starlink, which is of great worry to Ukraine and its allies as well as US billionaire Elon Musk. Known as the "Starlink killer," the new Russian technology is formally known as the "Kalinka monitoring system."
Following the intensification of Russia's invasion in February 2022, the United States has given Ukraine's military a significant quantity of SpaceX's Starlink communication terminals, which are owned by Elon Musk. In order to coordinate military operations and communicate with airborne and naval drones that Kyiv has been employing to assault Russian civilian infrastructure, Ukrainian forces have been actively using Starlink.
News outlet Sputnik reported that Russia's Center for Unmanned Systems and Technologies (CBST) has developed the new, cutting-edge Kalinka monitoring system. The new system can detect aerial and maritime drones up to 15 kilometers away, and Russian soldiers are now testing it in Ukraine, according to CBST board chairman Andrey Bezrukov on Saturday.
He claimed that because "the basic principles of radio signal transmission have not changed since the invention of the radio," the Kalinka system can assist the Russian military in promptly identifying and targeting Starlink terminals. According to reports, this could make it possible to identify unmanned boats and the infamous "Baba Yaga" drones, among other things. Kalinka can even control communication terminals from Starshield, a military variant of Starlink, according to Mr. Bezrukov. He clarified that the geography in the search region and the opposing forces' usage of other electronic systems are the main factors influencing the new system's detection range.
According to Mr. Bezrukov, the demand from Russian soldiers stationed in the combat area would determine when mass manufacture of the Kalinka system would begin. Starlink: What Is It? Global high-speed broadband internet access is offered by SpaceX's Starlink satellite-based internet service. Using a network of tiny satellites in low Earth orbit, it beams internet to users on the ground by transmitting data via light, much like a fiber optic cable.
The Starlink initiative, which has been crucial for Ukrainian forces beaten by the Russian advance, attempts to bring internet connection to areas with inadequate telecommunications infrastructure. The Ukrainian military attacked Russian forces by connecting and flying drones via the Starlink network. Along with enabling mobile networks with encrypted group conversations that link Ukrainian leaders to their soldiers on the battlefield, they also used it to transmit back films to correct artillery firing.
