Russia's new jammer increases GPS interference on Estonia's eastern border
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A new Russian signal jammer close to Estonia's eastern border is causing increased GPS interference and drone flights are not recommended around the border city Narva, the Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (TTJA) said on Thursday.

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Estonian officials said Russia has bolstered its electronic warfare systems near its border with the Baltic country.

The Russian army brought additional signals jamming equipment to the area around Kingisiepp, a town around 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the Estonian frontier, Interior Minister Igor Taro said at a press conference in Tallinn.

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Such equipment has been used on the battlefield in Ukraine to disrupt drones’ navigational signals. However, electronic warfare also causes severe interference to the Global Positioning System, or GPS, used by commercial airplanes and ships.

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  • cub Gucci@lemmy.todayEnglish
    61·
    26 days ago

    If you are really asking me, then the answe is simple: to exercise more control over capital inside Russia. The war in Ukraine will end sooner or later, the sanctions will be lifted and the capital will flow in and out, effectively destroying the authoritarian regime he built.

    But again, my opinion here is marginal and should be taken with a grain of salt.

    Edit: in-flow would be significantly lower than the out-flow as we saw how foreign capital was seized. Unless there will be significant gain opportunities like in the 90s.

    • bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      21·
      26 days ago

      Of course I am asking you.

      But I am not sure if I am getting this right: You think the outflow of capital would be so disastrous for Putin’s power that he’d try to stop it by testing NATO? Because then he’d get sanctions again, which would stop the outflow? Or at least that’d be his intention?

      • cub Gucci@lemmy.todayEnglish
        21·
        26 days ago

        I guess the imbalance between out- and in-flow would be the largest challenge Putiln will face after the end of war and soft-lift of sanctions. Not the people going to the streets how the western propaganda likes to imagine it. Will he solve it? IDK, really. Either way, it would be a disaster.

        • bungalowtill@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          26 days ago

          My thoughts:

          When sanctions are lifted it wouldn’t stop capital outflow, which can be controlled by the state anytime. Only capital inflow might increase, which wouldn’t damage Putin’s regime, it’s something Russia actually craves for. Also, Putin has continuously shown he wants to have sanctions lifted. A war or conflict with NATO on the other hand would never consolidate Putin’s power, how could it?