Cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/12948847

Russia is “very likely” behind a series of disturbances affecting GPS navigation in the Baltic region, the German Defence Ministry said on Thursday, pointing to the Kaliningrad exclave as a source of the problem.

“The persistent disruptions to the global navigation satellite system are very likely of Russian origin and are based on disruptions in the electromagnetic spectrum, including those originating in the Kaliningrad Oblast,” a spokesperson for the ministry told Reuters, confirming a report by news website t-online.

The spokesperson declined to give details on how Berlin made its assessment or the exact nature of the disruptions, citing “reasons of military security”.

Kaliningrad is sandwiched between Lithuania and Poland on the coast of the Baltic Sea. It was cut off from Moscow when Lithuania became independent during the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991.

  •  tal   ( @tal@lemmy.today ) English
    5•6 months ago

    “The persistent disruptions to the global navigation satellite system are very likely of Russian origin and are based on disruptions in the electromagnetic spectrum, including those originating in the Kaliningrad Oblast,” a spokesperson for the ministry told Reuters, confirming a report by news website t-online.

    Hmm.

    So, if they were just spilling in from electronic warfare in Ukraine, I could buy that this is just collateral damage from the war, trying to disrupt Ukrainian precision munitions.

    But if they’re doing them out of Kaliningrad, I don’t see how Russia can realistically claim that. There’s no fighting anywhere remotely near there.