NATO Defense Minister’s Plane Hit by GPS Attack Over Russ…

The Spanish defense ministry said one of its military planes carrying minister Margarita Robles to Lithuania was hit by an attempted attack on its GPS navigation as it flew near the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad.

“There has been an attempt to disrupt the GPS signal, but as our aircraft has an encrypted system, it was not affected,” a defence ministry spokesperson said, Reuters reported. But they added that this was not targeted directly at the NATO ally’s aircraft: “It must be common on this route and also with commercial flights. It is not because it is our aircraft.”

Robles had flown to Lithuania for a meeting with her counterpart there, Dovilė Šakalienė, and to visit the Spanish Vilkas Tactical Air Detachment, part of the forces defending NATO’s eastern flank, at the Siauliai Air Base.

The GPS incident comes as NATO allies accuse Russia of multiple serious airspace violations. Moscow has called the accusations unfounded. It also denied jamming the GPS of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s plane as it tried to land in Bulgaria in August.

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