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Ukraine has already conducted at least three tests of systems for intercepting targets in near-space, reports The Guardian.
Ukraine has stepped up efforts to gain its own access to space systems, reduce dependence on the American Starlink system, and develop new means to counter missiles like Oreshnik. The Guardian reports.
As the head of the subcommittee on state security of the Verkhovna Rada committee on national security, defense and intelligence, Fedir Venislavskyi, told the outlet, Ukraine wants to have a "sovereign" presence in space and has already taken the first step in that direction thanks to the Obria Nano satellite.
Journalists write that Ukraine has conducted at least three tests of systems to intercept targets in near-space while also trying to launch its own sovereign satellites into orbit. In this way, it is joining a growing number of countries seeking to establish themselves in space.
It is noted that this became a reality last month when Ukraine and the Danish company GomSpace announced the successful launch of the Obria Nano satellite—the first test craft for a future independent Ukrainian communications network. Reports say it is expected to consist of approximately 245 satellites.
"Since the start of the war, the space domain has been crucial for Ukrainian forces. Recent events have only confirmed this: whether it was initiated by the U.S. government (Starlink restrictions, ed.) or by SpaceX, we have seen how reduced communication quality jeopardized Ukrainian military command-and-control systems. Now we need to take this work to a new level. Not least because the enemy is already threatening Ukrainian territory from international outer space using Oreshnik missiles. We cannot underestimate this risk," Venislavskyi said.
Because Russian launch sites are out of range of the longest-range Ukrainian missiles, Ukraine conducted three tests of systems to destroy targets outside the atmosphere. They are designed to intercept launches in near-space, including launches of weapons mounted on very high-altitude aircraft.
"This is a priority task. We have already demonstrated launches of exoatmospheric systems and are working to determine whether we can establish their serial production," Venislavskyi said.
However, he acknowledged that given the colossal needs of the war, funding will be a serious problem.
Recall that the occupiers struck the Bila Tserkva district of Kyiv region with an Oreshnik-type missile, launched from the Kapustin Yar test range. It later emerged that Russian forces launched two advanced Oreshnik ballistic missiles during the massive attack on 24 May, but one of them may have malfunctioned and fallen in the occupied Donetsk region.
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