Ukraine Is Launching Unprecedented Strikes Against Russia

This could be the work of Israel's equivalent of Starlink.

Ukraine could have obtained an alternative to the Starlink satellite system, offered by SpaceX , the company owned by Elon Musk. The high effectiveness of Ukrainian drone attacks on targets in Russia is attributed to the possible use of the Israeli HiSky satellite system.

Since late October, many Russian military officials have begun reporting the discovery of HiSky components on downed Ukrainian drones. At the same time, Ukrainian military leadership has neither denied nor confirmed the possible use of the Israeli counterpart to Starlink in the war against Russia, according to a Finnish publication (Yle https://yle.fi/a/74-20256303).

What are the advantages of the Israeli HiSky system

The media notes that the Israeli HiSky system has a number of advantages over Elon Musk’s Starlink. While Starlink operated only within Ukraine’s national borders—but not on Russian territory—HiSky operates across the entire European part of Russian territory, which allows for a significant expansion of the strike zone and increases the effectiveness of strikes.

Another advantage of HiSky is that the system enables two-way data exchange. Thanks to this system, Ukrainian drone operators can quickly determine whether the first UAVs launched have hit the intended targets. Afterward, operators can assign new targets to the drones that are still in flight. If we compare such strikes with those carried out using the previous satellite communication system, in the past all launched drones would have flown to a single location, even though it might already have been destroyed.

In addition, thanks to HiSky, Ukrainian operators can change the drones’ flight paths if a significant number of enemy air defense systems are detected along their route.

The Israeli HiSky system also has certain drawbacks, Finnish analysts note. Compared to Starlink, it has low bandwidth. The publication gives an example: it is impossible to receive a live TV feed from the scene of an event using this system.

At the same time, analysts note that the Israeli counterpart to Starlink is difficult to disable in “electronic” warfare. If one satellite begins to transmit a weaker signal, the system automatically switches to another, ensuring that the system continues to operate without interruption.

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