Starlink – The Defense Post

Apr- 2026 -

23 April

Ukraine Pushes for Sovereign Satellite Communication Capability

GomSpace and Stetman have signed an agreement to jointly develop dual-use, sovereign satellite communications capabilities for Ukraine.

21 April

Americas

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Starlink 10-44 mission successfully launches from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, on Mar. 30, 2026. This was the 34th flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched CRS-22, Crew-3, Turksat 5B, Crew-4, CRS-25, Eutelsat HOTBIRD 13G, SES O3B mPOWER-A, PSN SATRIA, Telkomsat Merah Putih 2, Galileo L13, Koreasat-6A, and now 23 Starlink missions. (U.S. Space Force photo by Gwendolyn Kurzen)

Rojoef Manuel

Starlink Glitch Leaves US Navy Drone Boats Drifting: Report

A global outage in Elon Musk’s Starlink network disrupted US Navy drone tests, cutting communications and leaving approximately two dozen unmanned surface vessels adrift off California for nearly an hour.

Feb- 2026 -

17 February

Cyber

Ronald Watkins

Ukrainian Cyber Op Targets Russian Starlink Activation Effort

Russian forces tried to use Ukrainians to reactivate Starlink terminals for frontline coordination, but Ukraine’s cyber community intercepted the plan.

10 February

Asia Pacific

Ethan M. Encarnacion

China Announces ‘Starlink Killer’ Microwave Weapon, Says It Can Fire 60-Second Bursts

A high-power microwave weapon is reportedly being developed in China as a potential solution to large constellations of low-orbit satellites, with Beijing describing it as “Starlink’s worst nightmare.”

Jan- 2026 -

2 January

Air

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Ghostrider Gunship Poised for Starlink-Enabled Battlefield Transformation

AC-130J Ghostrider gunship is a heavily armed multi-role special operations aircraft, capable of close air support, air interdiction, and armed reconnaissance.

Dec- 2025 -

23 December

Europe

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Starlink in the Crosshairs? NATO Reports Emerging Russian Space Weapon

NATO intelligence said Russia might be cooking up a new weapon to mess with satellites in orbit — and Starlink is top of the list.

Nov- 2025 -

26 November

Asia Pacific

Akhsan Erido Elezhar

Chinese Researchers Sketch a 2,000-Drone Plan to Knock Starlink Offline

China’s drone jamming technique is a distributed electronic warfare strategy utilizing a massive, coordinated swarm of up to 2,000 signal-jamming drones to saturate Starlink’s frequencies.

Sep- 2025 -

1 September

Air