The United States plans to implement a system to jam Russian and Chinese satellites
The US Space Force is preparing to introduce a new ground-based satellite jamming system aimed at countering Russian and Chinese satellites.
According to Bloomberg, the first 11 of the 24 remote modular terminals of the system, known as Remote Modular Terminal (RMT), are scheduled to be deployed in the coming months. These terminals should deprive Chinese and Russian satellites of the ability to transmit information about American troops during the conflict.
According to the Pentagon, the RMT system is used as a defense tool that temporarily disables enemy satellites while maintaining their functionality. That is, the terminals are not designed to protect American satellites from Chinese or Russian jamming, but rather to counter enemy satellite communications.
The system is equipped with a circular antenna with a diameter of about 3 meters and uses commercial components to reduce costs.
The U.S. Space Force emphasizes that the terminals are “small, transportable, and inexpensive satellite jamming devices that can be deployed in any field environment to protect” U.S. forces.
