Signal
Submitted
Feb 13, 2026, 19:25 UTC
A GPS jammer in Russia near St Petersburg is disrupting aircraft GPS signals over Estonia, affecting flights and causing aviation navigation issues.
A GPS jammer located in Russia, southwest of St Petersburg roughly halfway between Narva, Estonia and St Petersburg, is causing GPS jamming affecting aircraft in and around Estonia and disrupting flights such as the Helsinki-Tartu route. The jammer's location was determined by plotting the highest density of intersecting radio horizons of jammed aircraft and confirmed using drone-based GPS signal loss observations at 60 meters altitude near Narva. The jammer is almost always operational, affecting a higher proportion of aircraft around Estonia compared to surrounding regions. This hostile signal impacts civilian and potentially military aviation navigation safety in Estonian airspace.
Confidence: High
Clear evidence from multi-source technical analysis (radio horizon mapping and drone observations) shows active hostile GPS jamming of civilian and possibly military aircraft navigation systems originating from Russian territory, constituting hostile electronic warfare activity.
Source URL
https://x.com/i/web/status/1785045420185473079
Source reliability
F
Info credibility
6
Event time
Apr 29, 2024, 00:00 UTC
Event time confidence
unknown
Location
Southwest of St Petersburg, Russia
Region
Leningrad Oblast
Primary actor
Russian military electronic warfare unit
Country
Russian Federation
Tags
GPS jamming, Aviation safety, Estonia, Russia, Drone verification, SIGINT
Nodes
Node 1: Borders