TWO passengers jets have been forced to turn around mid-flight due to more suspected Russian GPS jamming.
Baltic ministers have warned that Russia is posing an “extremely dangerous” threat of an air disaster if they continues with their chilling attacks on planes.
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The pair of Finnair flights from Helsinki to Tartu in Estonia had to be swiftly returned to Finland after reportedly failing to navigate safely during the first part of its journey.
The airplanes are believed to have been the latest victims of Putin’s aerial attacks that have already affected tens of thousands commercial flights.
The Sun reported last Sunday that almost 4,000 flights have been hit by bizarre jamming in recent months with many now saying the Kremlin could be behind the disruption.
Bogus data forced commercial planes to swerve and dive to avoid phantom obstacles that were not really there.
Aviation sources have branded the tactic “extremely dangerous” and a major threat to air safety.
Estonia’s foreign minister Margus Tsahkna called the latest sky chaos “part of Russia’s hostile activities”.
He added: “Ssuch actions are a hybrid attack and are a threat to our people and security, and we will not tolerate them.”
The suspected source of the plane jammer is Putin’s top secret war weapon known as a Tobol.
The Russian technology has been commonly used to interfere with the GPS guidance of airliners and ships on Nato’s eastern flank, according to military experts.
It is kept at Russia’s military territory in Kaliningrad, between Lithuania and Poland.
Images online show a large satellite dish mounted on the ground at the Kaliningrad base that many believe is the Tobol in action.
Reports suggest there are only 10 of the devices across Russia.
Experts say the devices could be being used as an invisible shield over military bases to protect them from Nato’s arsenal of satellite-guided missiles.
The weapon itself is harmless and can’t stop missiles from exploding.
But it is designed to ruin satellite signals resulting in any weapon, jet or other device completely missing their target.
The secret weapon transmits signals on the same frequency as the satellite from a jet or ship, which prevents connected devices from receiving the legitimate signal, reports the Washington Post.
A cycle of disruption linked to the electronic warfare system was detected in the first few months of 2024 stretching through the Baltic states and Poland, said Estonia’s military chief.
General Martin Harem, commander of the Estonian Defence Forces told the Telegraph back in February: “What we have seen is a malfunctioning of GPS for ships and air traffic.
“And we really do not know if they [Russia] want to achieve something or just practise and test their equipment.
“But definitely, nobody should behave like this, especially when you’re at war with a neighbouring country.”
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