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North Korea’s GPS jamming operation began on Friday and continued on Saturday, affecting several ships at sea and dozens of civilian aircraft, the South Korean government said.
The South Korean military announced that North Korea carried out an attack to disrupt the Global Positioning System (GPS). This disruption operation affected several South Korean ships and dozens of civilian aircraft.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff warned ships and aircraft operating in the West Sea on the 1st to be careful of North Korea’s GPS radio interference.
“North Korea carried out GPS disruption provocations in Haeju and Kaesong yesterday and today.” [November 8-9]“As a result, several ships and dozens of civilian aircraft are experiencing some operational disruption,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
GPS relies on a network of satellites and receivers to allow global positioning and navigation.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff also urged North Korea to immediately stop interfering with it and warned that North Korea must be held accountable for its actions.
The South Korean government said at the time that about 500 planes and hundreds of ships suffered GPS problems between May 29 and June 2 due to North Korean interference. The South Korean government protested to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the United Nations aviation agency, and ICAO warned North Korea to stop disturbing the country.
South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency said on Saturday that the latest GPS “jamming attack” contained weaker interference signals compared to the widespread interference carried out by North Korea in May and June.
South Korea’s military operations and equipment were not affected, the coalition said, citing the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Tensions between North and South Korea have risen in recent months due to North Korea’s missile tests, North Korea’s destruction of transportation infrastructure connecting the North and South, littering from balloons recently launched from North Korea, and reports of North Korean deployments. Korean soldiers fighting for Russia in Ukraine.
Aviation experts say North Korea’s trash balloon campaign, numerous ballistic missile launches and the emergence of GPS ‘spoofing’, in which signals are transmitted to nullify legitimate GPS satellite signals, are increasing the risk of South Korean airspace and reducing air operations as tensions between North and South Korea rise. He said he was making it complicated. rival country.
