Russian jamming originating from Kaliningrad Oblast likely disrupted the GPS on Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles' plane flying to Lithuania.
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Russian jamming from Kaliningrad likely disrupted GPS on Spanish Defense Minister's plane flying to Lithuania
A Spanish military plane carrying Defense Minister Margarita Robles was hit by a GPS disturbance on Sept. 24 while flying near Russia's Kaliningrad exclave
The A330 aircraft was traveling to Lithuania's Siauliai air base, reportedly also carrying relatives of Spanish air force personnel deployed as part of a NATO air policing mission
The mission was launched earlier this month after a Russian drone incursion into Poland on Sept. 10
Cases like these must be common on this route and also with commercial flights. It is not because it is our aircraft
The plane was not affected thanks to having encrypted systems
Under no circumstances will they break the will of Spain or any of the countries of the Atlantic alliance to continue working for peace and coexisting in peace
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