Russia feared to have hit Spanish Air Force plane with GPS attack after flight to Lithuania carrying defence minister suffers electronic ‘disturbance’
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He is afraid that a flight of Spain’s defense minister will be on the Spanish Air Force plane with Russia’s GPS attack after experiencing an electronic ‘discomfort’.
It is believed that the attack took place this morning after the Spanish Airbus A330’s high -level minister Margarita Robles flew to Lithuania after Russia’s flying settlement.
According to the Spanish government’s agenda, Robles would meet with his colleagues Dovile Sakaliene in Lithuania at the Siauliai air base in the north of the country.
Robles, a few relatives of the Spanish avoidances in the new NATO Air Defense Mission on the Russian border.
NATO’s response to threats comes in the midst of increasing tension with Russia, accused of testing aggressively.
Yesterday, Danish officials implied that a drone that neutralized Russia’s Copenhagen airport, disrupting approximately 100 flights and stranded 20,000 passengers.
Danish intelligence now said that the NATO member is facing a ‘high sabotage threat’ after the incident.
“We are faced with a high threat of sabotage in Denmark. Someone may not want to attack us, on the contrary to emphasize us and see how we react, ” Danimark’s intelligence service, the operation director of the pet Flemming Drejer, said a press conference.
He is afraid that a flight carrying the Defense Minister of Spain will hit the Spanish Air Force plane with the GPS attack after an electronic discomfort (Spanish Air Force A330’s file image)
NATO’s response to threats in the midst of increasing tension with Russia accused of testing aggressively (Vladimir Putin’s file image)
The last threat to Europe comes only weeks after a jet jam that carries the Russian Chief of the European Commission Ursula von Der Leyen to Bulgaria.
When the Aircraft, which carries the EU chief, suddenly disabled the GPS navigation system, it was forced to go down to Bulgaria’s Plovdiv using only paper maps.
The Bulgarian authorities told the European Commission, the event was probably the result of a ‘open’ Russian sabotage operation.
European Commission spokesman Arianna Podesta, “ We can verify that there is really a GPS jam, but the plane landed in Bulgaria safely, ” he said.
‘We received information from the Bulgarian authorities that this was due to Russia’s open intervention.’
“The entire airport area GPS was darkened,” Financial Times said.
GPS, which disrupts access to the satellite -based navigation system, is a tactic that Russia used to destroy the civilian life before.
Technical historically used by military and intelligence services to protect sensitive places.
More to follow.
