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The shield in space.

The shield in space.

Thecyberwire • October 25, 2026

The Ukraine has experienced a second major outage of its Starshield services reigniting questions relying on a single private provider for critical national security services.

Host Maria Varmazis sits down Dave Bittner and Brandon Karpf to the recent incident where Ukraine lost Starshield coverage. They explore how the growing role of private satellite companies in warfare creates challenges for establishing operational accountability and impacts US alliances.

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