During the Starshield outages, the share of Russian jet UAVs that intercepted Ukraine dropped from 77% to about 74%, ISW writes. This is a period between October 14 and 24. According to analysts, the most effective against such targets are interceptor UAVs, which require star shield communications at sufficient speed. ISW does not cite outages as the only reason for the decline. On October 24, the Ministry of Defense reported that Starlink/Star Shield is again operating at a speed of more than 400 km/h and the connection is stable. The Pentagon has previously denied that the US ordered the system to be scaled back; Musk has stated that its parameters are set by the US military.

During the Starshield outages, the share of Russian jet UAVs that intercepted Ukraine dropped from 77% to about 74%, ISW writes. This is a period between October 14 and 24. According to analysts, the most effective against such targets are interceptor UAVs, which require star shield communications at sufficient speed. ISW does not cite outages as the only reason for the decline. On October 24, the Ministry of Defense reported that Starlink/Star Shield is again operating at a speed of more than 400 km/h and the connection is stable. The Pentagon has previously denied that the US ordered the system to be scaled back; Musk has stated that its parameters are set by the US military.