Tracing a powerful GNSS interference source over Europe

Post by ajsnigrutin » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC

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>I wonder if we can do something now that we know the source. Russia signed the 1967 Outer Space Treaty (OST) in 1967, this may be a treaty violation of this or other treaties, something like that or retaliation regarding it may be possible. You can hack the satellite, or use other electronic warfare options to jam or interfere with it's operations. You can shoot it down with a missile. The X-37B is in space right no…

If you start shooting down stuff in orbit, it'll invite retaliation, but even without retaliation there's a huge risk of a Kessler syndrome (especially with all the stuff that SpaceX has put into orbit in recent years).

Post by singleshot_ » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 10:51 PM UTC

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And? When the Russians invaded Georgia in 2008, Europeans inked a deal for a second gas pipeline with them, Nordstream 2. When they annexed Crimea in 2014, Europeans went to the Sochi Olympics (which happened that same year ) and went to the World Cup in 2018. And this is before you take into account the dozens of smaller incidents. Those aren't "threats to invade European territory", not even ones that were ignored…

Remind us, why US Congress funds a country on literally the other side of the planet?

Post by dmitrygr » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 10:52 PM UTC

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That was not a Russian drone in Romania. Ukraine has admitted it was theirs. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c707098wkzpo

The linked article disproves your claim. It seems you're mistaking the naval drone incident, which did not cause casualties, with the Russian drone strike. > The country's defence ministry said the drone had self-detonated near an oil terminal without causing any casualties, although authorities have said it caused considerable damage to a ship and warehouses. > Ukraine later confirmed one of its naval drones had bee…

Post by fsmv » Fri, Jun 05, 2026, 11:12 PM UTC

ordu wrote: post #43

sippeangelo wrote: post #5

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The theory that they broadcast communication on a band near GPS in order to discourage jamming of their early warning system sounds likely. Flexing the ability to jam GPS is pointless, since it's obvious that any state actor who has military satellites in orbit has considered this option or have the capability already. Therefore, the disruptions must either be regular tests of the capability, or just actual communica…

> The theory that they broadcast communication on a band near GPS in order to discourage jamming of their early warning system sounds likely. Is it? If it is an early warning system, could it be jammed briefly so it would fail to warn, couldn't it? It will be a global disruption of GPS, but a brief one and I'm sure people wouldn't be concerned of it due to other news. > Flexing the ability to jam GPS is pointless Do…

Post by stouset » Sat, Jun 06, 2026, 12:23 AM UTC

fsmv wrote: post #207

ordu wrote: post #43

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> The theory that they broadcast communication on a band near GPS in order to discourage jamming of their early warning system sounds likely. Is it? If it is an early warning system, could it be jammed briefly so it would fail to warn, couldn't it? It will be a global disruption of GPS, but a brief one and I'm sure people wouldn't be concerned of it due to other news. > Flexing the ability to jam GPS is pointless Do…

Presumably the missile needs GPS to hit the target so if you jam right when the missile is coming in the missile will miss so you can't really jam the warning Also if you broadcast noise when your missile is about to hit then your own jamming signal acts as an early warning as well, although I guess it wouldn't provide location.