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A 63-hour-long marathon of GPS jamming attacks disrupted global satellite navigation systems for hundreds of aircraft flying through the Baltic region – and Russia is thought to be responsible

Russia is suspected of launching a record-breaking 63-hour-long attack on GPS signals in the Baltic region. The incident, which affected hundreds of passenger jets earlier this month, occurred amid rising tensions between Russia and the NATO military alliance more than two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

“We have seen an increase in GPS jamming since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine, and allies have publicly warned that Russia has been behind GPS jamming affecting aviation and shipping,” a NATO official told New Scientist. “Russia has a track record of jamming GPS signals and has a range of capabilities for electronic warfare.”

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[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (5 children)

There is no way to convince me that the CIA, MI6, and/or Beijing couldn’t take him out if they wanted him gone, which makes me wonder why they wouldn’t, I guess World War III but it’s not like that’s not already a possibility

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

There isn't a replacement in place for Putin that would be any different. Everyone that thinks and acts different is kept away from power in Russia. Pushed out of windows, deaths in prison or the aircraft falls out of the sky. There is a possibility that he is replaced by someone worse.

It's much better if he is removed from power by Russians. The next leader has to be different and havs the support of the people. Intelligence services taking him out won't achieve this. Your likely to get an extremists that tries to escalate the war in Ukraine.

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

That remains true as long as he doesn’t start a nuclear exchange. If he starts really leaning in that direction I would expect a change in calculus

[–] Chewget@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

The CIA attempted to assassinate castro between 8 and 634 times

[–] cmbabul@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Different world between then and now, any claim of an attempt after the fall of the USSR is as sus as an Alabama national championship prior to 2000. Also I meant as mostly coordinated effort

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago

Yes but he was a communist, not an oligarch, and by most accounts a pretty okay dude. So killing him was okay.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Because then Russia will try to assasinate US leaders

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

And that would be... Bad?

Presumably for like reasons or something?

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Aside from the instability and resource pit this would cause, if you were making these decisions and you were to be the target of the retaliatory assasinations you can see why it would not be in your best interest to go down that path.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah I see why they wouldn't do it, but I don't hate the idea. I could see a politicians name in the news, and feel some glimmer of hope.

I'm mostly pointing out (maybe elsewhere in this convo) that millions are dying to make some octogenarian kleptocrat shit heads whose raison fucking d'etre is grinding the young into a bloody paste by the millions to no tangible benefit.

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah I feel you

[–] boredtortoise@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

Yea they even got OBL murdered when they wanted. It seems that they just don't want Putin gone for now, profits or "escalation" as a reason.

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Nah. These are all state actors. They don't want to break the taboo on assassinating world leaders when they do atrocities, because they may want to do atrocities later.

So millions of poor fuckers die in the mud.