Nov 26, 2025 12:44 PM
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.
China may have just found a way to take aim at Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite constellation: a massive swarm of special signal-jamming drones.
Researchers at Zhejiang University and the Beijing Institute of Technology modeled how roughly 1,000 to 2,000 coordinated jammers could overwhelm the satellite network.
Each drone would broadcast noise at varying power levels, saturating the system and cutting ground terminals off from connectivity.
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China•Chinese People’s Liberation Army•Satellite•autonomous aerial vehicle•Next-Generation Jammer•Elon Musk•Starlink
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