Hybrid war GPS signal. NATO is working on a shield for the EU

We count on the rapid effects of NATO activities on GPS interference in the region. We are in constant contact with the main quarters of the Alliance, and the operational commander issued the recommendations for military and civil aviation – said Deputy Prime Minister, head of the Ministry of National Defense, Władysław Kosiniak -Kamysz.

On Monday, the European Commission announced that the operation of the Aircraft GPS system, which the day before the head of the EC Ursula von der Leyen flew from Warsaw to Bulgaria, was disturbed. The EC received information from the Bulgarian authorities that Russia is suspected of drowning out.

NATO Secretary of NATO Mark Rutte referred to the case on Monday, who assured that The alliance “works day and night” to prevent GPS drowning out in NATO and EU countriesand also In the Baltic Sea, where GPS disturbances have become very common in recent months.

When asked about this case in an interview with journalists during the arms fair in Kielce, the head of the Ministry of National Defense assessed that “this is a hybrid war”, led against Poland, NATO and the EU by Russia. He reminded that Poland cooperates to ensure security in the Baltic Sea, among others with Scandinavian states, conducting e.g. joint patrols and ship exercises.

As he said, the operational commander of the Armed Forces responsible for the security of the Polish airspace issued recommendations for military and civil aviation, how to act in disturbance conditions, as well as on the principles of the conduct of units at sea.

– We count on the rapid effects of NATO activities. We are in constant contact with the Alliance's headquarters. We take all actions at the national and international level, resulting not from the episode, but from the strategy of the Russian Federation in the face of the safety of our countries, towards the security of the alliance – said Kosiniak -Kamysz.

The “Financial Times” said on Monday that The plane, which was traveled by the head of the European Commission, was deprived of electronic navigation assistance during landing in Plovdiv in Bulgariaand the reason was probably the Russian attack on the GPS system of the local airport.

According to the sources of the GPS daily, he stopped working around the airport “, and the pilot of the aircraft after an hour's circulation over the airport decided to land using traditional paper maps.

“FT” pointed out that the jamming and falsification of the GPS signal, used by the army and intelligence services to defend sensitive places, is increasingly used by Russia to disturb, among others commercial flights. In recent years, the number of incidents related to GPS disturbance has increased significantly in the Baltic Sea region and in Eastern European countries located near Russia, which affects planes, ships and civilians using (GPS) on a daily basis ” – the newspaper emphasized.

On Sunday afternoon, von der Leyen went from Warsaw to Bulgaria to meet Prime Minister Rosen Żeliazkow and visit the Ammunition Factory.

In total, the boss in the EC from Friday to Sunday visited seven countries bordering Russia and Belarus. The purpose of her visits was, among others Discussing actions aimed at improving defense readiness in response to the war of Russia against Ukraine. (PAP)

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