> Also considering this aspect the comparison is not there: it's a local access to the hardware vs an "I own your infrastructure and I'm able to deploy my firmw

> Also considering this aspect the comparison is not there: it's a local access to the hardware vs an "I own your infrastructure and I'm able to deploy my firmware". Yes, performing this reverse engineering requires physical access. But it potentially enables one to find further vulnerabilities and systems knowledge necessary to build attacks that brick network terminals or otherwise disrupt the network. Russia's action proves these attacks are viable and useful (even if an authenticated management vector was used). Your original comment about the constellation height was a non-sequitur: we're talking about threat actors' attacks on end-user terminals. The article makes clear ("on the ground") that this is what it was referring to. Yes, jamming, etc, are also useful attacks that threat actors use but not what we're talking about.