Did GPS Jamming Down DHL Jet Outside Kaliningrad?

November 25, 2024

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Anyone familiar with downtown Moscow knows taxi drivers have a very rough time delivering passengers in the middle of the city.

Why? Because the Kremlin jams GPS in the capital in order to protect against Western GPS guided weapons.

It is possible the DHL flight which crashed into the ground on final approach in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, a mile before the runway, could have been impacted by similar GPS jamming out of the Russian exclave Kaliningrad.

Kaliningrad borders Lithuania where the accident took place.

The incident has major implications for civilian aviation, as well as the effectiveness of Western munitions.

The Ukraine war has highlighted a weakness -- the laziness of precision-guided projectiles and the reliance of NATO forces on satellite communications.

As a former USAF pilot who was active during the initial uses of GPS with the MH-53J Pave Low IIIE in special operations, there is a reason flight instructors used to demand pilots could operate with a finger on a map.

*Image by Stefan Ertmann, minor amendments by Joelf, edits by User: (WT-shared) DaleDe at wts wikivoyage*

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L Todd Wood

L Todd Wood, a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, flew special operations helicopters supporting SEAL Team 6, Delta Force and others. After leaving the military, he pursued his other passion, finance, spending 18 years on Wall Street trading emerging market debt, and later, writing. The first of his many thrillers is "Currency." Todd has been a national security columnist for The Washington Times and contributed to One American News, Fox Business, Newsmax TV, Moscow Times, Novaya Vremya (Ukraine), the New York Post, National Review, the Jerusalem Post, Zero Hedge and others. He is also founder/publisher of CDM. For more information about L. Todd Wood, visit LToddWood.com.