The Spanish military aircraft, taking Defense Minister Margarita Robles, recorded the “violation” of the GPS navigation signal on Wednesday morning. It was at that time near the Russian exclative Kaliningrad, heading for Lithuania. This was announced by the Spanish department of defense, writes TASR according to Reuters.
- The Spanish aircraft disrupted the GPS signal near Kaliningrad.
- The incident happened during the journey of the Ministry of Defense Margarita Robles.
- The aircraft transported the minister and relatives of the Spanish NATO pilots.
- Similar GPS interference has already been reported in other countries.
- Russia denied allegations of disturbing GPS navigation systems.
In addition to the minister, the relatives of the Spanish pilots traveled on the plane, who were sent to the new NATO mission to protect the eastern wing. It was launched by the Alliance in September, in response to the disturbance of the Polish airspace by Russian drones, which Warsaw shot down. Robles was supposed to visit the Lithuanian Air Base Šiauliai on Wednesday morning and meet her Lithuanian departmental colleague permanent Skkalie.
The captain of the Spanish aircraft she traveled told the media that Such incidents are quite common near Kaliningrad, This is in the case of civilian and military aircraft. He added that Aircraft with the Minister could also use military satellites for navigation.
The Spanish Ministry of Defense also informed that Wednesday His fighters operating under the Vilkas mission took off last week to eight Russian aircraft They flying over the Baltic Sea and escorted them.
A similar incident as on Wednesday in the case of Roblesová occurred on 31 August at the Bulgarian airport in Plovdiv, Where the GPS navigation services were eliminated just at a time when an aircraft with the President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen was supposed to land there. In the past, Estonia and neighboring Finland have also accused Russia of disturbing GPS navigation facilities in their airspace. Russia denied such an interference with communication and satellite networks.
As Reuters writes, Most modern traffic aircraft also have various sensors and location sensors and devices, in addition to GPS, Which means that they can safely continue in the summer even in case of such interference.
