Starlink in the crosshairs: How Russia could attack Elon Musk’s conquering of space

NATO intelligence services suspect Russia is developing a "zone-effect" anti-satellite weapon that would release clouds of small pellets to disable multiple Starlink satellites simultaneously, targeting the constellation that has proven crucial for Ukraine's battlefield communications. However, space security experts doubt Russia would deploy such an indiscriminate weapon since the resulting orbital debris could catastrophically damage Russia's own satellites and space infrastructure.