Networked Warfare

The Ukraine war has long blurred the boundary between state power and private capability, but the latest restrictions on satellite connectivity expose just how decisively that line has shifted.

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When a commercial satellite network becomes embedded in frontline operations, decisions taken far from the battlefield can alter the balance of force in real time.

Russia's reported use of satellite-linked drones marked a dangerous escalation not because the technology was new, but because it reduced traditional countermeasures to near irrelevance. Low-flying, remotely piloted drones that cannot be jammed effectively compress response times and expand the attacker's reach. That such systems could be enabled through commercially available infrastructure underscores how modern warfare increasingly relies on tools never designed for war.