UK Space Command chief Major General Paul Tedman says Russian forces regularly monitor, attempt to gather intelligence from and jam British military satellites on a near‑weekly basis using ground‑based electronic‑warfare equipment. Last month the UK and US executed their first coordinated satellite manoeuvre in response.
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The UK reports Russia is conducting near‑weekly attempts to jam and collect intelligence from British military satellites, and the UK‑US coordinated manoeuvre last month signals active operational responses; similar disruptions prompted NATO action after a suspected Russian GPS jamming incident.
Persistent targeting of space assets is already driving major procurement and resilience programmes in Europe: see Germany’s €40 billion military‑space plan and the UK’s £250 million, five‑year defence fund to harden space capabilities.
Governments are also investing in detection and warning systems to characterise space threats — relevant to industry plans for sensors and countermeasures, including the US Space Force’s recent funding of GEO radar demos to track space‑bound threats.
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