Signal
Submitted
Feb 13, 2026, 19:25 UTC
On March 18, 2024, a GPS-jamming event in the Baltic shifted, reducing Estonia’s affected area and concentrating disruption over Poland, impacting aviation navigation signals in the region.
A GPS-jamming operation in the Baltic Sea region changed its spatial impact on March 18, 2024, around 07:20 UTC, after running for approximately 11 hours. The jammed area excluded a northwest sector, sparing Estonia from disruption and concentrating the signal degradation almost exclusively over Poland. Estonia experiences a related but distinct persistent jamming process. The alteration and reversion of the jamming patterns were independently monitored and confirmed by aviation tracking platforms globe.airplanes.live and globe.adsbexchange.com, which track GPS signal quality. The GPS jamming affects critical navigational infrastructure used by aircraft, indicating a targeted hostile interference likely linked to Russian hybrid war tactics. The event is documented and analyzed by open-source researchers @auonsson and @rundradion, revealing the dynamic nature of the jamming operation and its evolving tactics. This episode reflects ongoing hybrid warfare efforts aiming to degrade the Baltic region's aviation reliability and situational awareness.
Confidence: High
The event clearly describes hostile GPS jamming targeting Europe’s Baltic region, identified and attributed as a disruptive hybrid warfare tactic. The involvement of offensive jamming impacting critical navigation systems aligns with aggressor activity.
Source URL
https://x.com/i/web/status/1769823045147844924
Published as a hybrid-warfare signal with a public source and reviewer-approved assessment bands. See the methodology for how records are assessed.
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2
Event time
Mar 18, 2024, 07:20 UTC
Event time confidence
exact
Location
Baltic region
Country
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Tags
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Signal
Submitted
Feb 13, 2026, 19:25 UTC
On March 18, 2024, a GPS-jamming event in the Baltic shifted, reducing Estonia’s affected area and concentrating disruption over Poland, impacting aviation navigation signals in the region.
A GPS-jamming operation in the Baltic Sea region changed its spatial impact on March 18, 2024, around 07:20 UTC, after running for approximately 11 hours. The jammed area excluded a northwest sector, sparing Estonia from disruption and concentrating the signal degradation almost exclusively over Poland. Estonia experiences a related but distinct persistent jamming process. The alteration and reversion of the jamming patterns were independently monitored and confirmed by aviation tracking platforms globe.airplanes.live and globe.adsbexchange.com, which track GPS signal quality. The GPS jamming affects critical navigational infrastructure used by aircraft, indicating a targeted hostile interference likely linked to Russian hybrid war tactics. The event is documented and analyzed by open-source researchers @auonsson and @rundradion, revealing the dynamic nature of the jamming operation and its evolving tactics. This episode reflects ongoing hybrid warfare efforts aiming to degrade the Baltic region's aviation reliability and situational awareness.
Confidence: High
The event clearly describes hostile GPS jamming targeting Europe’s Baltic region, identified and attributed as a disruptive hybrid warfare tactic. The involvement of offensive jamming impacting critical navigation systems aligns with aggressor activity.
Source URL
https://x.com/i/web/status/1769823045147844924
Published as a hybrid-warfare signal with a public source and reviewer-approved assessment bands. See the methodology for how records are assessed.
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A
Info credibility
2
Event time
Mar 18, 2024, 07:20 UTC
Event time confidence
exact
Location
Baltic region
Country
Poland
Tags
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