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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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[–] BreakDecks@lemmy.ml 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Might be worth some degree of suspicion around including GLONASS as a part of GNSS. Russia could create worldwide issues if they decided to fuck around with their constellation.

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

It would probably be easier for them to mess with it and not affect themselves than it is with GPS and Galileo.

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

I feel like these planes should be able to fall back on other GNSS. Like Galileo, GLONASS, or even BeiDou.

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[–] Iceman@lemmy.ca 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

All right, we’re Jammin’

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[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

I'm betting on Russia being the culprit

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago (5 children)

How do you stop a jammer like this, short of turning off the transmitters responsible for it?

[–] Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can't. Think of it like two radio stations that are too close. It doesn't matter how good of a receiver you have it will only ever pick up the signals being transmitted. And when there is noise on the frequency then that is what it will pick up.

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[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Best way to mitigate is have an inertial system. It's a calculator that, based on where you are and where you're heading, keeps track of your updated position.

The math is not that crazy, but with enough time the sensors errors crop up and you'll be slightly off course, then a bit, then a lot.

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