Important Takeaways:

• WEAPONS OF WAR Putin sparks chaos in Europe by jamming GPS on flights & ships with top secret electronic weapon, warns military chief
• The weapon has reportedly been jamming GPS technology on flights and ships across the eastern flank of NATO, causing severe disruption.
• A surge in disruption to the GPS guiding system for air and sea traffic has been detected in Finland, the Baltic nations and Poland, Estonian military chief Martin Harem told the Telegraph.
• “What we have seen is a malfunctioning of GPS for ships and air traffic,” he said.
• “And we really do not know if they [Russia] want to achieve something or just practice and test their equipment.”
• He added: “But definitely, nobody should behave like this, especially when you’re at war with a neighboring country.”
• According to Western intelligence reports, the fixed jamming system is called Tobol – which looks like a huge dish with an antenna.
• Analysts have identified at least seven Tobol complexes in Russia.
• The secret weapon transmits signals on the same frequency as the satellite, which prevents connected devices from receiving the legitimate signal, reports the Washington Post.
• Electronic warfare expert Dr. Thomas Withington said the dish can be directed to disrupt GPS signals in multiple directions – which could be key to protect Kaliningrad as well as Russia from potential incoming missiles.
• He argued that the system is rather defensive in nature – and is being used as a “invisible” shield against Nato’s arsenal of satellite-guided missile systems.
• “This may surprise some people but I think, ostensibly, it’s defensive,” he told The Telegraph.
• “The Russian military is highly concerned by Global navigation satellite system weapons.”

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