Russia creates risks for shipping in the Gulf of Finland
5.02.2024 - 16:51
The Russians are jamming GPS signals in the Baltic Sea, endangering civilian shipping.
GPS jamming by Russia in the Baltic Sea region poses a threat to both aviation and shipping. This was reported by the Estonian television ERR with reference to military officials.
Interference with the GPS signal reduces positioning accuracy, and intense interference can cause the receivers to completely lose information about the location of vessels.
The Estonian Territorial Defense Forces believe that Russia does not have sufficient air defense and “simply decided to find alternative actions to appease its people.”
“There is no point in creating this additional risk because suppressing the GPS signal does not affect drone technology in any way. Thus, the Russian Federation is probably trying to show that it is at least doing something to protect its key assets,” the agency emphasized, recalling the recent drone attacks on infrastructure in Russia.
In January, experts reported that mass failures in the operation of the GPS signal came from the system located in Kaliningrad (temporarily occupied Königsberg). Their peak was at Christmas.
Previously, the USM wrote that the Russian Federation was jamming GPS in an attempt to protect ships in Sevastopol.
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