Starlink in danger? How Russia’s ‘Kalinka’ has become a headache for Elon Musk and a nightmare for Ukraine…

Kalika system can help the Russian military to quickly detect and target Starlink terminals, as “the basic principles of radio signal transmission have not changed since the invention of the radio

In a major concern for Ukraine and its allies, as well as US billionaire Elon Musk, the Russian Military has reportedly developed an advanced system which could detect and locate signals from enemy unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UAVs) that connect to satellite systems such as Starlink. The new Russian system, dubbed as the ‘Starlink killer’, is officially called the “Kalinka monitoring system.”

The United States has provided a large number of Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starlink communication terminals to Ukraine’s military after the escalation of Russia’s offensive in February 2022. Ukrainian forces have been actively using Starlink to coordinate their military operations and connect with aerial and naval drones that Kyiv has been using for attacks on civilian infrastructure in Russia.

About The ‘Starlink Killer’
The new state-of-the-art Kalinka monitoring system has been developed by Russia’s Center for Unmanned Systems and Technologies (CBST), according to a report by news agency Sputnik.

Andrey Bezrukov, chairman of the CBST board, on Saturday, claimed Russian forces are currently testing the new system in Ukraine, which can detect aerial and maritime drones up to 15 kilometres away.