Event 546

{
  "border_violation_countries": [
    "FI",
    "EE",
    "BSR",
    "Air"
  ],
  "category": "Uncategorized",
  "confidence": "Low",
  "confidence_rationale": "Article details mission disruption attributed to probable Russian jamming and documents the USAF resuming the same surveillance flight mission, supported by flight path imagery and explicit textual evidence.",
  "countries": [
    "United States of America",
    "Russia",
    "Finland",
    "Estonia",
    "Unknown",
    "Baltic Sea Region"
  ],
  "country": "Unknown",
  "defense_prep": {},
  "description": "A USAF RQ-4B (FORTE16) resumed reconnaissance flights over the Baltic area near Kaliningrad after recent incidents involving possible Russian electronic jamming that disrupted drone communications over Finland and Estonia.",
  "event_time_utc": "2024-08-31T12:00:00Z",
  "evidence": [
    "Screenshots of mission flight paths and mention of prior incidents of communication interference.",
    "Direct reference to 'strong Russian jamming' potentially causing issues.",
    "The article notes a return to normal operations with the resumed mission of FORTE16."
  ],
  "evidence_quotes": [
    "In recent days, both the USAF Global Hawk and the NATO Phoenix ... experienced communication issues while flying over Finland and Estonia and had to return to NAS Sigonella, where they had departed from.",
    "it is possible that strong Russian jamming in the area interfered with the drones' signal reception.",
    "today, a USAF Northrop Grumman RQ-4B (reg. 10-2045 - c/s FORTE16) has resumed a mission in the Baltic area, around Kaliningrad, after taking off this morning from Sigonella. Today’s mission is proceeding normally"
  ],
  "evidence_urls": [
    "https://www.itamilradar.com/2024/08/31/despite-everything-forte-is-back-to-work-again/"
  ],
  "extra": {
    "extra": {
      "extra": {
        "extra": {
          "evidence": [
            "Screenshots of mission flight paths and mention of prior incidents of communication interference.",
            "Direct reference to 'strong Russian jamming' potentially causing issues.",
            "The article notes a return to normal operations with the resumed mission of FORTE16."
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "follow_up_by_country": [],
  "follow_up_notes": "FORTE ISR drone resumes operations. In recent days, both the USAF Global Hawk and the NATO Phoenix (an RQ-4B and an RQ-4D, respectively) experienced communication losses while flying over Finland and Estonia and had to return to NAS Sigonella, where they had departed from.",
  "headline": "Despite everything, FORTE is back to work again",
  "location_text": "Baltic area, around Kaliningrad",
  "media_assets": [
    {
      "description": "Screenshot capture",
      "type": "screenshot",
      "url": "/media/event_546_1763930509_66663c87.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "FORTE ISR drone resumes operations.",
  "schema_version": "v1",
  "screenshot_count": 1,
  "sources": [
    "https://www.itamilradar.com/2024/08/31/despite-everything-forte-is-back-to-work-again/"
  ],
  "summary_short": "Recent disruptions to US/NATO drone flights, likely due to Russian jamming, did not prevent the USAF RQ-4B (FORTE16) from resuming mission flights over the Baltic near Kaliningrad.",
  "url": "https://www.itamilradar.com/2024/08/31/despite-everything-forte-is-back-to-work-again/"
}

{
  "5th Column of Russians Inside (which countries)": "",
  "Attack Type": "",
  "Borders Including Sea, Air,  Violation or Sabotage (which countries)": "FI EE BSR Air",
  "Continuous? (e.g. Jammers)": "",
  "Country (FI;EE;LV;LT;PL;BSR;Air)\nSeparated by Semicolon": "Air;BSR",
  "Date": "31-Aug-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)": "https://www.itamilradar.com/2024/08/31/despite-everything-forte-is-back-to-work-again/",
  "Follow-Up NOTES": "",
  "Follow-Up incl. Investigation, Prosecution?  (FI,EE,LV,LT,PL, BSR, Air)": "FORTE ISR drone resumes operations. In recent days, both the USAF Global Hawk and the NATO Phoenix (an RQ-4B and an RQ-4D, respectively) experienced communication losses while flying over Finland and Estonia and had to return to NAS Sigonella, where they had departed from.",
  "Latitude, Longitude (WGS84, Decimal Degrees)": "",
  "NOTES": "FORTE ISR drone resumes operations.",
  "Political Disruptions w/ Laws to Favor Kremlin (which countries)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL)": "",
  "Russian-Belarus Terrorist Event (FI-EE-LV-LT-PL) REF LINK": "",
  "Screen Snapshot": "",
  "Screen Snapshots": "",
  "Type Dropdown": "",
  "Where?\n(Air, Land, Sea)": ""
}