US Space Force: we disrupted the Islamic Republic's satellite communications during the war

The US Space Force has revealed for the first time details of the role its electronic warfare systems played in military operations against the Islamic Republic. Commanders of Mission Delta 3, the force's space electromagnetic warfare unit, told Wall Street Journal reporters at Peterson Space Force Base in Colorado that their stations disrupted the Islamic Republic's satellite communications during the major attack in Esfand 1404 (February–March 2026), which the United States called Operation "Epic Fury".

According to Colonel Angelo Fernandez, one of the unit's commanders, its electronic warfare systems and other equipment have been used in various operational theatres around the world, including the operation to detain Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela's former president. Joshua Lomax, the unit's senior enlisted leader, said that after the Venezuela operation his team was ordered to pack and load its equipment within 72 hours and head to the Middle East, and that once there it had 96 hours to set up the system and begin operations.

The US Space Force's electronic warfare systems

The unit's commanders presented three systems. The offensive system "Meadowlands" knocks out satellites an enemy uses for reconnaissance, communications and navigation by jamming them; it floods the link between the satellite and the ground station with interfering signals. The defensive system "Bounty Hunter" monitors the electromagnetic spectrum to find and locate signals that threaten American satellites and systems. The third system, a modular remote terminal, fits into a shipping container and can be moved for rapid deployment anywhere in the world.

Lieutenant General Gregory Gagnon, commander of Space Force combat forces, called control of the electromagnetic spectrum a key mission that allows American satellites, ships and aircraft to stay connected while reducing the enemy's capability. According to the same report, the Islamic Republic has repeatedly targeted US space capabilities, including satellite communications terminals.

Background: the Space Force's role in the war with the Islamic Republic

General Chance Saltzman, who was then Chief of Space Operations, had said earlier that personnel of the force take part in electronic warfare attacks and in tracking the Islamic Republic's missiles, but no details of the systems or how they work had been released.

The disclosure of these details comes at a time of mounting speculation about a resumption of military conflict. DIAR had earlier reported on the US military's new plans to strike the Islamic Republic's nuclear and energy facilities with MOAB bombs and on the destruction of an Islamic Republic-linked dhow that was tracking American warships.

The US Space Force confirmed that the Islamic Republic's satellite communications were disrupted by electronic warfare systems in the attack of Esfand 1404 (February–March 2026).