Event 199

{
  "attack_type": "Electronic Warfare",
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "BSR",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "EW",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "continuous_since": "2024-03-16T12:00:00Z",
  "continuous_summary": "The GPS jamming episode began on 16 March and continued for at least two days, with persistent disruption to GNSS signals along major aviation corridors and border areas of Finland and the Baltic States.",
  "countries": [
    "Finland",
    "Estonia",
    "Latvia",
    "Lithuania",
    "Russia"
  ],
  "country": "Finland",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "A significant spike in GPS jamming activity was observed over the Baltic Sea region and along the Finnish and Baltic States' borders, especially around 16-18 March 2024. The disruption appears concentrated along civilian air routes and near the Kaliningrad oblast, suggesting coordinated electronic warfare activity likely originating from Russian assets. Multiple independent charts and jamming heat maps are presented as evidence.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-03-15T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Thread includes visual charts of jamming heat maps for 16-18 March 2024.",
    "Lists aircraft experiencing GNSS outages at specific coordinates near the Baltic Sea.",
    "Map overlays show Kaliningrad and areas near Finnish and Estonian borders targeted by jamming."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "\"Another oddity, an enormous GPS jamming spike - for the period 16-18 March 2024.\"",
    "\"Maps from multiple sources confirm the strongest jamming in the Baltic region, especially surrounding Kaliningrad and stretching to southern Finland.\"",
    "\"Multiple airliners reported loss of GNSS signal while crossing the same area offshore.\"",
    "\"Interestingly, the severe jamming matches recent flight path deviations and warnings issued to civilian aviation.\""
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1769101379899986224.html"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "category_raw": "Gps Jamming",
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Thread includes visual charts of jamming heat maps for 16-18 March 2024.",
            "Lists aircraft experiencing GNSS outages at specific coordinates near the Baltic Sea.",
            "Map overlays show Kaliningrad and areas near Finnish and Estonian borders targeted by jamming."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "headline": "Massive GPS jamming spike near Finland and Baltic States, March 16-18 2024",
  "is_continuous": true,
  "location_text": "Baltic Sea region, Finland-Baltic border zone",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_199_1763919412_f1dc3a62.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "GPS Jamming",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1769101379899986224.html"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Unprecedented GPS jamming in Baltic Sea region and Finnish airspace near Kaliningrad and Baltic States in mid March 2024.",
  "url": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1769101379899986224.html"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "GPS Jamming",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "BSR Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "GPS Jamming",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "BSR",
  "Date": "15-Mar-24",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Defense Prep Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Follow-Up Link?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "GPS Jamming",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "Baltic Sea Region  Baltic Jammer \"Last 46 h Baltic Jammer has been running in south Baltics. [...] At least 873 unique aircrafts has had their navigation equipment jammed.\"",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1769101379899986224.html",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}