China's Scientists Finds Elon Musk's Starlink Satelite a Threat to China's Security

Chinese scientists see a threat in Elon Musk's Starlink low orbit Satellites and make plans to destroy them if it threatens China's National Security.

The acclaimed civilian program to provide fast internet has been reported to have had a series of military activities, according to PRC Defense by David Cowhig.

According to the report, the researchers were in particular concerned about the military capabilities of the Starlink Satelite constellation. Researchers believe it could be used to track hypersonic missiles; dramatically boost the data transmission speeds of U.S. drones and stealth fighter jets, or even ram into and destroy Chinese satellites.

A report already shows that Starlink Satelite has been used for military purposes during the Russia and Ukraine war, as a tweet and reply between Ukrainian's Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov and SpaceX founder Elon Musk implies.

It is supposed that a combination of soft kill and hard kill should be able to take down Starlink when the need comes for it. A soft kill is a measure taken by jamming the satellite or using a laser weapon, while a had kill is to physically destroy with weapons such as a missile. ill including jamming and laser weapons. 

China already has multiple methods for disabling satellites. These include microwave jammers But the researchers say that these measures, which are effective against individual satellites, won't be enough to scuttle Starlink.

What is far more worrisome is the fact that China already in the past have several effective methods to kill satellites. These methods include "microwave jammers that can disrupt communications or fry electrical components; powerful, millimetre-resolution lasers that can nab high-resolution images and blind satellite sensors; cyber-weapons to hack into satellite networks, and long-range anti-satellite (ASAT) include to destroy them." According to the U.S Department of Defense. But it is believed that none of this would be able to kill Starlink, as a report shows that it constitutes the decentralized system (blockchain technology), making it near impossible for China to hack into the system, according to Chinese Researchers.

At this point, Chinese Researchers are looking for a manoeuvre to kill the Starlink Satellite when the need arises.