A 63-hour-long marathon of GPS jamming attacks disrupted global satellite navigation systems for hundreds of aircraft flying through the Baltic region – and Russia is thought to be responsible

A 63-hour-long marathon of GPS jamming attacks disrupted global satellite navigation systems for hundreds of aircraft flying through the Baltic region – and Russia is thought to be responsible

Russia is suspected of launching a record-breaking 63-hour-long attack on GPS signals in the Baltic region. The incident, which affected hundreds of passenger jets earlier this month, occurred amid rising tensions between Russia and the NATO military alliance more than two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

“We have seen an increase in GPS jamming since the start of Russia’s war against Ukraine, and allies have publicly warned that Russia has been behind GPS jamming affecting aviation and shipping,” a NATO official told New Scientist. “Russia has a track record of jamming GPS signals and has a range of capabilities for electronic warfare.”

        • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.todayEnglish
          22·
          9 months ago

          Is it that thing that Korea did after the fall of the Dai Nippon Empire? How is that going for them?

          Or maybe we could use some Middle East examples, like Iran or Afghanistan? Are those good examples of handling corrupt people in power? South America might have a few examples…?

            • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.todayEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              I feel like it sucks a lot less than it used to in most modernized countries, especially European Nations and Canada. Even the USA didn’t use to have Medicaid or overtime pay (Fair Labor Standards Act was in 1938), etc. It’s just that these improvements weren’t caused by things that talking about would put you on a watchlist, they were caused by slow progressive reform and political activism.

              • melpomenesclevage@lemm.eeEnglish
                0·
                9 months ago

                No, they were caused by workers fighting the US army with guns in the 20s, and all the industrialized nations of the world failing to stop a bunch of dipshit peasants in the ass backwards frozen nowhere from walking into the palace and painting the walls red, then dispossession g the entire propertied class, and giving a substantial chunk of them the wall.

                Why would they give you shit when you beg, if they aren’t afraid? Common humanity or some shit? Have you ever read a history book or news story in your life?

                • FiniteBanjo@lemmy.todayEnglish
                  1·
                  9 months ago

                  Followed immediately by the global Great Depression in the 1930s and both World Wars? I’m not saying correlation equals causation but it sounds like those 1920s dudes accomplished jack shit. Plus, deposing of the ruling class of Russia led to the USSR which… Did not end well…

                  • melpomenesclevage@lemm.eeEnglish
                    01·
                    9 months ago

                    I’m yelling you, we got anything from the government at gun point. That is the only way.

                    The USSR was shit for Russians (because the Bolsheviks killed all the communists. No I’m not saying worse than the czar, but there was this government in between…), but for everyone else, it was a godsend.

      • melpomenesclevage@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        We did, we must get murdered by shitty people in power when we say it too loud.

        Short version: don’t have these huge power differentials.

        • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          9 months ago

          Oh we know how, it’s just not pretty.

          Lol, okay, that’s my fault. When I wrote that I was thinking in a non-violent sort of way, legislatively/investigatively. A system of governance that would prevent somebody from warping the system and becoming all powerful and above the system.

          The problem with what your advocating is it doesn’t solve the problem, it just punts the ball down the field, and then sooner or later the same scenario problem comes back again.

          • GreenBottles@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            Well, you could say that with nearly any solution besides peace… which is hard to maintain too. So, pick your poison.

            • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              9 months ago

              So, pick your poison.

              a non-violent sort of way, legislatively/investigatively. A system of governance that would prevent somebody from warping the system and becoming all powerful and above the system.

          • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            9 months ago

            I blame the French Revolution for giving these romantic notions. On the surface, it looks like people overthrowing the rich. But when you read into what followed, it was a violent power struggle where yesterday’s new leader was next up at the guillotine tomorrow.

            And what came of it in the end? Napoleon, another powerful centralized ruler.

    • Plopp@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      While this is true, I think it’s more likely than not that a successor doesn’t share the same amount of Soviet fetishism. Putin is kinda out there and doing things that aren’t great for Russian business. You only have to be slightly less mad than Putin to realize that.