Russia is attempting to jam UK military satellites on a regular basis, according to the head of UK Space Command.<\/p>\n
Speaking to the BBC, Major General Paul Tedman said Russian forces are actively trying to disrupt UK-based military activities \u201cweekly\u201d and are closely monitoring the country\u2019s space assets.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re seeing our satellites being jammed by the Russians on a reasonably persistent basis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The UK operates approximately six dedicated military satellites for communications and surveillance, which Maj Gen Tedman said were equipped with counter-jamming technology.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cThey\u2019ve got payloads on board that can see our satellites and are trying to collect information from them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The threat of space-based interference is not limited to the UK.<\/p>\n
In September, German defence minister Boris Pistorius revealed that Russia had been tracking two Intelsat satellites used by the German military.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey can jam, blind, manipulate, or kinetically disrupt satellites,\u201d he said at a space conference in Berlin.<\/p>\n
In response to growing international tensions, the United Kingdom and the United States conducted their first co-ordinated satellite manoeuvre in space last month, in what defence officials hailed as a major step forward in allied cooperation.<\/p>\n
Between September 4 and 12, a US satellite was repositioned in orbit to inspect a UK satellite and confirm it was functioning properly.<\/p>\n
The test was part of Operation Olympic Defender, a joint military framework aimed at improving satellite defence and resilience.<\/p>\n
\u201cExpertly executed with US Space Command, I could not be more pleased or proud of the rapid progress we are making with our allies,\u201d Maj Gen Tedman said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are now, with our allies, conducting advanced orbital operations to protect and defend our shared national and military interests in space.\u201d<\/p>\n
The escalation in space comes as tensions with Russia continue to rise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia is attempting to jam UK military satellites on a regular basis, according to the head of UK…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,78865,78866,21057,50,154,68097,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-176861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-intelsat-satellites","tag-maj-gen-tedman","tag-military-satellites","tag-news","tag-russia","tag-space-command","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}