The Invisible War Above Your Head: Why Civilian Satellites Are Now Fair Game
Russia’s jamming of civilian Sentinel-1 satellites marks a dangerous escalation: the weaponization of commercial space assets. As open-source intelligence becomes a backbone of modern accountability, state actors are exploiting legal gray zones to blind the world’s eyes. This sets a precedent that all civilian satellites are legitimate military targets, eroding the boundary between war and peace and threatening the transparency that defines the information age.