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Starlink and OneWeb come under Russian security scrutiny

Russian Security Council experts say the satellite services could be used to destabilize sovereign countries.

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Russian Security Council says Starlink/Oneweb satellite services pose risk to sovereign countries, RIA reports

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Experts on Russia's Security Council raised the warning after discussing information security and Russia's own satellite system. They said Starlink and OneWeb could be used to destabilize sovereign states. Ukraine's military uses Starlink for drone operations and battlefield communications. Russia is building a rival called Rassvet; Digital Development Minister Maksut Shadayev said in October that Russia had launched more than 30 satellites.

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