#Russia #Gubarev posted probably the most detailed description of the #Starlink shutdown for Russian troops on the front line:

Our comrades-in-arms on the front line report that the StarLink terminals have gone dark.

Now we will be at a disadvantage in terms of decision-making speed and situational awareness. This is called technological backwardness.

If the internet on Gazprom’s satellite dishes is working poorly at key communication nodes and command posts, then UAVs, electronic reconnaissance/electronic warfare, firepower and infantry positions are now without internet. This means that there will be no broadcasts, no battlefield imagery, etc.

Now, no matter how ingenious the decisions made by local commanders may be, we will simply lose in terms of the speed of decision-making and implementation on the battlefield.

It’s like putting Schumacher behind the wheel of a Lada and an ordinary driver behind the wheel of a Ferrari. Schumacher will lose the race in any case, because the technological base is different, no matter what.

No alternative domestic systems for operational data exchange have been created.

Source: https://t.me/pgubarev/1512 (in Russian)

Context of the “no alternatives” that he’s talking about:

https://agora.echelon.pl/objects/7fe6bb2f-17a3-4709-9bf6-475df61d89bf