Russia's new jammer increases GPS interference on Estonia's eastern border
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A new Russian signal jammer close to Estonia's eastern border is causing increased GPS interference and drone flights are not recommended around the border city Narva, the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (TTJA) said on Thursday.

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Estonian officials said Russia has bolstered its electronic warfare systems near its border with the Baltic country.

The Russian army brought additional signals jamming equipment to the area around Kingisiepp, a town around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Estonian frontier, Interior Minister Igor Taro said at a press conference in Tallinn.

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Such equipment has been used on the battlefield in Ukraine to disrupt drones’ navigational signals. However, electronic warfare also causes severe interference to the Global Positioning System, or GPS, used by commercial airplanes and ships.

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  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
    472·
    10 months ago

    One just has to read a little more news from the Baltic States to understand that the threat is verry real, that Russia really is the aggressor and not the victim. Tankies: 🖕

        • cub Gucci@lemmy.todayEnglish
          61·
          10 months ago

          If you are really asking me, then the answe is simple: to exercise more control over capital inside Russia. The war in Ukraine will end sooner or later, the sanctions will be lifted and the capital will flow in and out, effectively destroying the authoritarian regime he built.

          But again, my opinion here is marginal and should be taken with a grain of salt.

          Edit: in-flow would be significantly lower than the out-flow as we saw how foreign capital was seized. Unless there will be significant gain opportunities like in the 90s.

            • cub Gucci@lemmy.todayEnglish
              21·
              10 months ago

              I guess the imbalance between out- and in-flow would be the largest challenge Putiln will face after the end of war and soft-lift of sanctions. Not the people going to the streets how the western propaganda likes to imagine it. Will he solve it? IDK, really. Either way, it would be a disaster.

  • Gsus4@mander.xyzEnglish
    102·
    10 months ago

    Can’t we counterjam them? They have more to lose in that area of the globe.

    • Trapped In America@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      13·
      10 months ago

      Being on the ground, they’re a lot closer to the GPS receivers and basically overpower the real signal that has to come all the way from space. Satellites also have to very careful with their power use, so counter-jamming that method would be almost impossible.

      You could install your own ground stations, but then it becomes a game of who has more electricity to burn.

      Edit: Better antennas can help, but get very expensive very fast. Since they’re really just adding more and more and more antennas.

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        8·
        10 months ago

        The nice thing about jammers is that they’re basically giant homing beacons though. Unfortunately, using them as such is pretty much an act of war.

        Which is the whole point: provocation.