The Daily Populous Wednesday November 26th, 2025 evening edition
Authored by scmp.com and submitted by UpgradedSiera6666

When Russian forces rolled into Ukraine in early 2022, one of the first moves by Kyiv was sending a post to Elon Musk on X: Ukraine needs satellite internet

Within days, thousands of Starlink terminals arrived, restoring command and control across the battlefield despite Russia’s best efforts to black out communications.

Moscow initially tried to jam the signals – and reportedly had some success. But when SpaceX quietly updated its software and reconfigured the constellation, many Russian jammers went silent. The battlefield advantage shifted.

That episode sent shock waves through military circles worldwide – especially in Beijing.

For the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), preparing for a potential campaign over Taiwan means answering an urgent question: how to achieve electromagnetic dominance when the enemy could access a constellation of 10,000-plus satellites that hop, adapt and resist jamming in real time?

A groundbreaking simulation study by Chinese scientists offers the most detailed public analysis to date of how the PLA could attempt to silence one of the most resilient communication systems ever built.

ninjastk on November 26th, 2025 at 14:40 UTC »

China enhancing its military and building more and more naval warships isn’t just for shits and giggles.

Dopplegangr1 on November 26th, 2025 at 12:56 UTC »

If China invades Taiwan, dont they just destroy all their manufacturing and the world has no more chips?

UpgradedSiera6666 on November 26th, 2025 at 12:01 UTC »

In anticipation of an invasion of Taiwan, Beijing has modeled a plan to jam Starlink systems using more than 1,000 jamming drones. The goal is to cut Taipei off from the rest of the world during the landing of Chinese troops.