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The UK Storm Shadow cruise missile does not use Starlink - it is launched from a modified SU-24 bomber and then uses GPS to navigate to a target area via a prep
by tibbydudeza 3y ago
The UK Storm Shadow cruise missile does not use Starlink - it is launched from a modified SU-24 bomber and then uses GPS to navigate to a target area via a preplanned flight plan to evade air defenses.
When in the target area , it then uses onboard camera to "look" for a designated target profile (i.e ships, planes on the ground - russians recently put car tyres on their bombers in order to spoof it) before going into terminal descent and going ka-boom.
Fortunately for Ukraine it does not need the internet to do it's job.
- Tommstein 3y agoThe sea drones aren't fire-and-forget though, they're remotely operated.
- tibbydudeza 3y agoAfaik they don't use Starlink terminals - traditional HF or UHF band radio. On the flat surface of a sea you don't have problems with maintaining LOS.