GPS malfunctions detected in the Baltic Sea: Russians may be jamming the signal
3.01.2025 - 15:02
Polish fishermen have encountered GPS navigation disruptions in northern Poland in the Baltic Sea.
As reported by RMF24 and European Truth, the problems mainly concern fishermen who regularly go out on their boats into the waters of the Baltic Sea.
The vessels are equipped with modern navigation computers, but they do not work – precisely because of interference with the GPS signal. Fishermen have to use a compass to safely return to port.
“There are such interferences that everything on our screens disappears. Satellite compasses, even radars – nothing works. More and more we have to return to traditional navigation methods. The traditional compass is the most important, and we must use it like Magellan,” said a fisherman from the city of Hel.
Poland, the Baltic states and Finland believe that Russia is jamming GPS signals in the east of their country and in the Baltic Sea region to protect its oil ports and other strategic facilities from Ukrainian air strikes or drones. As previously reported by USM, the German Ministry of Defense believes that Moscow is most likely behind the GPS disruptions in the Baltic Sea region.
