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01 July 2024

Going to war: with a 5G low-orbit constellation?
CONTRIBUTION OF NEW 5G TECHNOLOGIES AND LOW-ORBIT CONSTELLATIONS TO MILITARY OPERATIONS.

Atat a time when Ukraine is using Starlink's services, notably for C2 UAVs, and the US DoD has just notified the Starshield contract, publishing theCommercial Space Integration Strategy "the author puts into perspective the contribution of new connectivity technologies, principally 5G and the SATCOM LEO constellation, and the leverage they offer the French armed forces.


I'm taking you to the Eastern Mediterranean on the Amphibious Helicopter Carrier Dixmude. The year is 2027, in a European fictional operation commanded by a French General Staff. With our joint capabilities, including the embarkation of a 150-strong joint headquarters, the reception of aircraft from all three components, the evacuation of over 1,000 nationals, hospital functions equivalent to a town of 50,000 inhabitants, the disembarkation of troops on land via fast boats, and the training of...
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MS DTC

I started my career in 2003 on board an anti-aircraft destroyer as energy officer, managing 45 sailors. My 17 years in the French Navy allowed me to climb fast while I alternated operational assignment on board warships and more thinking assignments in headquarters in Paris. My experiment is threefold : Operations at sea, future capability, and financial Investments/risks management. See the author's other publication

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