{"id":35890,"date":"2018-11-16T16:24:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T16:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/16\/finland-norway-press-russia-on-suspected-gps-jamming-during-nato-drill\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:47:38","slug":"finland-norway-press-russia-on-suspected-gps-jamming-during-nato-drill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2018\/11\/16\/finland-norway-press-russia-on-suspected-gps-jamming-during-nato-drill\/","title":{"rendered":"Finland, Norway press Russia on suspected GPS jamming during NATO drill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HELSINKI \u2013 Nordic governments are primed to raise suspected GPS jamming of military exercises and communications with Russia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finland and Norway intend to launch diplomatic discussions with Moscow over suspected GPS signal-jamming by Russia\u2019s military over recent weeks that impacted areas in northern Norway where NATO-led Trident Juncture maneuvers were being conducted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Norway\u2019s defense intelligence agency said it tracked the source of the signal-jamming to a Russian military base on the nearby, heavily fortified Kola Peninsula. Finland\u2019s military intelligence said Norway\u2019s analysis mirrors its own investigations and evaluations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scrambled GPS signals were first detected during NATO\u2019s large-scale Trident Juncture exercises in Norway at the end of October. Defense and civil aviation chiefs in Finland and Norway warned that the GPS jamming posed a serious risk to both military and commercial aircraft using the affected airspace in the High North. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finland\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has presented the national parliament\u2019s Committee on Foreign Affairs (CFA) a preliminary report on the jamming. The MFA is expected to furnish the panel with a more conclusive report by the end of November. <\/p>\n\n\n\t