Starshield disruptions in Ukraine test Europe's bid to rival Starlink

When Starshield connections slowed down this month, Ukrainian commanders said that armed drones fell out of the sky. The failure also revealed a problem for Europe. It wants to lessen its dependence on American satellite services but does not yet have its own systems that would be able to replace them. When the drones fell from the sky Oleh, one of the commanders, stated in an interview with The New York Times that he witnessed many of the drones crashing after the pilots lost contact with the machines. He claimed that they lost more than $1 million. The unit he commanded reduced operations for three days. Brig. Gen. Andriy Biletsky said drones that previously maintained connections at 250 mph now lose them above roughly 100 mph.

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