About lasting for over two months GPS system interference in the Baltic Sea Swedish media report. Recently, anomalies have been reported near Gotland and part of Öland.
Interference with GPS signals can have serious consequences not only for shipping but also for aviation. On Thursday, a plane flying from Luton airport in Great Britain could not land in Vilnius, the capital Lithuaniai was redirected to the airport in Warsaw. Initially, it was reported that fog might have been the reason for the change of route, but Reuters reported that GPS signal interference could be responsible for this.
Sweden. GPS interference in the Baltic Sea. Continuously for two months
At the beginning of January, Flightradar24 – a website where you can track air traffic and the route of a selected aircraft – reported that “the area between the Russian exclave and St. Petersburg was exposed to intensive jamming for 60 days“.
The areas over which disruptions were observed are marked in red in the recording posted online. “Airspace between St. Petersburg and Königsbergcovering most of the Baltic states, the southern part Finlandnorthern Poland and the south-eastern part of the Baltic Sea, was exposed to strong jamming and spoofing of GPS signals by 60 days in a row” – transferred.
Magnus Jirlind, communications officer in the Swedish Armed Forces, in an interview with the “Dagens Nyheter” daily, noted that disruptions to GPS systems have a limited impact on operational capabilities because aircraft are equipped with alternative navigation systems.
– The Swedish Armed Forces have good knowledge of what is happening in our immediate area and constantly monitor the development of the security situation – he emphasized, adding that I don't want to speculate on what might be behind the disruptions.
Interference with GPS systems. Norway has also noticed the problem
In turn, in an interview with “Expressen”, Alf Soderman, director of defense at the Gotland District Administrative Council, mentioned that they are aware of the disruption of GPS systems over the island and are monitoring the situation. However, he admitted that this does not currently affect the situation in Gotland.
He also faces similar problems northern part Norway. The local Communications Authority (Nkom) mentioned in a statement issued on Friday that signal jamming has been occurring over Finnmark every day for a long time. The Office also recently determined that Additionally, GPS systems are manipulated.
Nkom director John-Eivind Velure stressed that they are taking this situation very seriously. – Everyone who uses navigation systems should be able to trust the information they receive from these devices. The fact that these frequencies are currently being manipulated is unacceptable and illegal – he emphasized. He added that measurements showed that the disruptions were occurring at “lower and lower altitudes.”
Sources: “Dagens Nyheter”, “Expressen”
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