
烏克蘭官員14日表示,SpaceX已對烏克蘭境內部分星鏈服務實施限制,時速超過約160公里時會停止運作,導致無人機作戰任務受干擾並被迫取消。
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自2022年俄羅斯入侵以來,星鏈成為烏軍戰場通訊與無人機遠程打擊的重要支柱。
俄烏衝突已持續超過4年又7個月,對持續抵抗俄羅斯入侵的烏克蘭來說,星鏈(Starlink)的協助不可或缺。但烏克蘭官員14日說,SpaceX已對烏克蘭境內的部分星鏈服務實施限制,導致一些作戰無人機任務受到干擾。
根據《路透》報導,俄羅斯2022年入侵烏克蘭後,星鏈成為烏軍戰場通訊的重要支柱,各部隊利用星鏈衛星網路聯繫。星鏈也對烏克蘭在被俄羅斯占領的東部與南部地區進行遠程無人機打擊至關重要,這些打擊已對俄羅斯的後勤系統造成了嚴重破壞。
烏克蘭總統澤倫斯基的顧問貝斯克列斯特諾夫(Serhiy Beskrestnov)14日在Telegram上說,SpaceX已停止軍用級版本的服務在時速超過約160公里時的運作,但烏克蘭的部隊未收到關於此限制的警告,導致多次任務中斷。
部署在烏克蘭東南部的第七號快速反應軍團(7th Rapid Reaction Corps)指出,部分部隊已被迫取消一些任務。軍團向《路透》發表的聲明說,「根據我們的觀察,無人機在飛行期間,只要時速達到每小時110至120公里,連線就可能中斷10至20秒。無人機仍會繼續飛行,但這些連線中斷的情況,讓無人機更難以操控。」
烏克蘭國防部1位消息人士補充說,這些限制大幅增加了後勤作業及部分無人機行動的難度。SpaceX尚未回覆《路透》針對此事的置評要求。
雖然目前尚不清楚烏克蘭的星鏈服務被限速的原因,但此事正值美國向烏克蘭施壓,要求其停止對俄羅斯煉油廠發動攻擊之際。星鏈在俄羅斯境內無法使用,而烏克蘭用來攻擊俄羅斯石油產業的無人機則採用其他通訊方式。

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