The Air & Space Power Association

🚨NEW🚨 Britain has deployed a “world-leading” new ground-based satellite jammer to stop hostile nations spying on UK troops, it can be revealed. A senior defence source said the state-of-the-art electronic warfare system had been operational for about a year. It works by dazzling enemy spy satellites and preventing them from sending data to the ground. The platform, which has not been named, is believed to have protected special forces movements and defended military bases from being spied upon. Revealing the system for the first time on Wednesday, a senior defence source said: “It is world-leading and we have already used it to deter our adversaries.” The source declined to confirm which country’s technology had been targeted by the new jammer. However, top military chiefs have warned Russia and China pose an increasing risk to Britain and the wider Nato alliance. The US revealed last week it had deployed a space weapon in Earth’s orbitto combat “evolving threats”, in a move condemned by Beijing, which accused the US of launching an “arms race” in space. The UK does not have any weapons in space, and The Telegraph understands there is little appetite from British military chiefs to ever do so, with the move deemed irresponsible. Instead Britain is using ground-based technology, which is being controlled by the newly formed No 3 Space Effects Squadron. Its mission is to defend satellites from hostile states. The group was unveiled for the first time on Wednesday as the military seeks to strengthen its space force, which is already made up of 1 Space Operations Squadron and 2 Space Warning Squadron, which give the RAF the ability to watch and warn of threats in space. Describing how the new unit’s jammer works, a senior defence source told The Telegraph: “Let’s say a potential adversary were using their satellites to control a capability they were using against us, we could use [our new system] to deny their ability to do that.” Full story: telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…