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Re: WAR CRIMES: PUTINS' Top Secret EVIL Weapon JAMS Airlines/Ships Signals
PUTINS' Top Secret Weapon Threatens Airlines & Ships by Jamming GPS Signals
PUTINS' Threat to Civilian Airlines: Top secret Russian electronic weapon 'based in Kaliningrad' is jamming GPS technology on flights and ships across eastern flank of NATO, Western intelligence fears
Already some disruption of air and sea traffic in Finland, Baltic states and Poland
MailOnline 6 FEB 2024
A top secret Russian electronic weapon allegedly based in Kaliningrad has been jamming GPS technology on flights and ships across the eastern flank of NATO, Western intelligence services fear.
There has been disruption to the GPS guidance of air and sea traffic in Finland, the Baltic states and Poland, according to Estonia's military chief.
'What we have seen is a malfunctioning of GPS for ships and air traffic,' General Martin Harem, commander of the Estonian Defence Forces, told the Telegraph.
'And we really do not know if they [Russia] want to achieve something or just practise and test their equipment.'
The suspected electronic weapon causing these disruptions is likely based in Russia's military site in Kaliningrad, sitting between Lithuania and Poland, according to Western intelligence findings.
The suspected electronic weapon causing these disruptions is likely based in Russia's military site in Kaliningrad sitting between Lithuania and Poland, according to Western intelligence findings
The fixed jamming system is called Tobol and it is said to be one of less than ten weapons in use across Russia. It reportedly looks like a large satellite dish, but the images circulating on social media claiming to show the device could not be verified
The fixed jamming system is called Tobol and it is said to be one of less than ten weapons in use across Russia.
It reportedly looks like a large satellite dish, but the images circulating on social media claiming to show the device could not be verified.
An expert in electronic warfare said the satellite dish could be used to disrupt GPS technology in several directions, which could protect Kaliningrad from potential incoming missiles.
Causing a GPS disruption in these usually highly accurate missiles could result in them missing their target.
However, if the weapon is used against civilian rather than military targets, it can wreak havoc for commercial airliners.
Recently there have been reports of planes suddenly dropping off tracking sites - likely due to their GPS being disrupted.
Experts warned that if the same happens to ships, they could collide due to not being able to see each other on navigation systems.
While vessels have other means of navigation available, it would be a cause of concern if these systems are down, Dr Withington explained.
Any long-lasting GPS disruption could cause chaos in logistics as delivery drivers rely on them to reach their destinations.
Gen Harem said: 'Whatever they [Russia] do here, one aim is to degrade our stability, self-confidence, our trust to the West, unity and cohesion.'
He added that he doesn't think the GPS-targeting weapons are part of Russia's 'immediate preparations' for a potential NATO clash with Russia in the next decade or two.
This comes as a shelling attack has today killed at least 28 people at a bakery in the Russian-occupied city of Lysychansk, Moscow-installed officials have said.
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