British journalist reveals the truth about Starlink's failure in Iran: China, with Russia's assistance, completed a blinding exercise!\nRecently, Starlink terminals in Iran experienced large-scale failures. Iranian-British journalist Priya Zarathi stated that this is likely due to a practical interference test against low Earth orbit satellite communication systems, completed by China with Russia's assistance.\nSpaceX's Starlink system relies on thousands of small satellites in low Earth orbit to communicate with ground terminals through Ku and Ka frequency bands. To prevent interference, it employs frequency hopping technology and dynamic orbital adjustments, making it theoretically difficult to suppress with conventional electronic warfare means. At the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in 2022, Musk publicly stated that even if Russia attempted to interfere, Starlink could still respond quickly through software updates. In fact, SpaceX has indeed upgraded its anti-jamming algorithms multiple times on the Ukrainian battlefield, successfully maintaining communication for the Ukrainian front line.\nHowever, this time, the situation is different. Zarathi pointed out that the issue lies at the 'hardware level'—that is to say, the interference is not due to breaking encryption or blocking specific signal paths, but rather directly suppressing the physical ability of the terminal to receive signals. According to him, approximately 40,000 Starlink terminals nationwide in Iran failed collectively within the same time frame, with service interruptions lasting a long time and unable to be restored through conventional rebooting or firmware updates.\nThe key clue behind this is likely from a technical report. At that time, a Chinese research team announced a technical challenge to implement regional suppression of Starlink signals in a certain area. Its core method was to conduct high-power, wide-band interference on 935 ground reference stations and beacon sources closely related to Starlink communication in the Ku frequency band, thus creating 'signal black holes' that prevent the terminal from locking onto satellite signals.\nOf course, what Priya Zarathi said has not yet been substantiated with real evidence. SpaceX has also not provided any official response; however, it is true that Starlink terminals in Iran have failed. Brother Dao feels that there must be some truth to the rumors; the situation in Tehran is currently stable, and it is clearly not achievable solely by Iran's own strength.