Spanish Foreign Ministry says jet remains under safe control, employing alternate navigation protocols while en route to Lithuania.
How usual is it to have a “disturbed” gps-signal around Russia?
I was near the russian border to Kaliningrad in Lithuania in the summer and 2 of our 4 GPS-devices were “all over the place” on that day. Constant location-jumps, sometimes no location at all.
Pretty much guaranteed now
Very. The Associated Press counts a string of over 80 GPS jamming “incidents”, one of the most notable being von der Leyen emergency landing.
Doesn’t even have to be close to the russian border, ask any sailor in the baltic sea even in Germany or Denmark and I guarantee you, you’ll find plenty of cases.
Is there some allowance for flying over Kaliningrad? I thought we were being “friendly neighbours” and not overflying each others territories.
Anyway it’s really annoying that all of a sudden the gps stuff is being brought up every time a politician gets in a plane now. It’s being going on for years and for everyone. Seems like a pretty weak thing to be hyping up all of a sudden as a justification for whatever escalation they plan next
They probably flew over the Suwalki Gap close enoguh to russian territory for jamming to affect them
Why the fuck is a defense minister onboard a fighter jet in the current geopolitical climate? Pilot personnel can gather and relay any pertinent information to boots on the ground. Defense decision-makers should not be anywhere near anything related to geopolitical targeting.
These people are acting like Russia isn’t hostile to their politics and currently engaged in an offensive war at their allies’ borders. WTF?
Pretty sure she wasn’t on a fighter jet, that’s just a random image they used in the article.
As well as Robles, the plane was carrying relatives of Spanish airmen …
Yeah, that would be really crowded in a 2-seater …
Apologies for assuming the jet in the image was where the defense minster was… but the concern remains valid. Why is she flying over Kaliningrad, in a multi-person jet, while Russia is involved in an offensive war at the borders of NATO territory? Is this not just serving up defensive leadership to a hostile force?
Here is a video that covers the previous incident where basically the same thing happened to Ursula von der Leyen’s flight.
It’s from an aviation perspective but it clears up a lot of misconception. Basically … this (the GPS jamming) isn’t really that big of a deal.
Is this not just serving up defensive leadership to a hostile force?
Maybe. But I’m sure people have taken the security concerns into account. Maybe they just don’t think that Russia would dare or they trust their ECM kit. I’m not sure. But a lot of important people are flying around there and they all think it’s fine.
