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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  • bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    My thoughts:

    When sanctions are lifted it wouldn’t stop capital outflow, which can be controlled by the state anytime. Only capital inflow might increase, which wouldn’t damage Putin’s regime, it’s something Russia actually craves for. Also, Putin has continuously shown he wants to have sanctions lifted. A war or conflict with NATO on the other hand would never consolidate Putin’s power, how could it?