Russia targets UK military satellites on weekly basis
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Space X The UK launched the Tyche military imaging satellite into orbit on a Space X rocket last year
Russian satellites have been stalking British military satellites, according to the head of the UK Space Command. In an interview with the BBC, Maj Gen Paul Tedman has for the first time set out the level of interference from Moscow against the UK's space-based assets. He said Russia had also been trying to jam the UK's military satellites with ground-based systems every week. Last month Germany's Defence Minister, Boris Pistorius, said Russia had been shadowing satellites used by their military.
General Tedman said Russian satellites had been stalking British military satellites
Gen Tedman gave details of how Russia was doing the same to t
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