Signal
Submitted
Feb 14, 2026, 12:22 UTC
An ongoing electronic jammer near Kaliningrad disrupts Baltic flight position accuracy repeatedly from Dec 8, 2023 to Jan 3, 2024, causing significant navigation issues.
Between December 8, 2023 and January 3, 2024, a persistent and periodic electronic jammer operating in or around Kaliningrad, or possibly Poland or Denmark, caused widespread loss of positional accuracy for flights in the Baltic region. The finding is based on over 57,000 flight observations analyzed for degraded navigation signal quality, with 281+ jams per hour considered active jamming periods. The jammer’s activity is notably rhythmic and predominantly occurs at night, suggesting operational scheduling. This electronic warfare activity degrades civilian aviation navigation, posing safety risks and indicating sophisticated electronic interference capabilities attributed implicitly to Russian regional electronic warfare. Data sources include independent receiver observations and corroborative heatmaps presented by the researcher @auonsson on social media.
Confidence: High
The report explicitly identifies an active jammer causing loss of flight positional accuracy, located near Kaliningrad—a known Russian military area—using robust data driven by multiple independent receivers, indicating aggressive electronic warfare targeting civilian navigation signals.
Source URL
https://x.com/i/web/status/1743026232323674586
Source reliability
C
Info credibility
4
Event time
Jan 4, 2024, 12:00 UTC
Event time confidence
unknown
Location
Kaliningrad (suspected), possibly Poland or Denmark
Primary actor
Russian regional electronic warfare
Country
Russian Federation
Tags
electronic warfare, navigation jamming, Kaliningrad, Baltic region, aviation safety, Russian EW
Nodes
Node 1: Borders