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Russian Satellites Deliberately Disrupted GPS, EU Launches Probe

6/6/2026

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Scientists say a deliberately structured signal from Russian navigation satellites caused the GPS disruptions.
Russian satellites caused seconds-long GPS outages across Europe in at least three of 75 incidents since 2019, prompting an EU probe.
Todd Humphreys (University of Texas) and Richard Bowden (GMV) identified the Russian source by analyzing the signal’s pattern.
The EU is developing a system to detect and locate future navigation signal interference.

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Scientists say a deliberately structured signal from Russian navigation satellites caused the GPS disruptions.
Russian satellites caused seconds-long GPS outages across Europe in at least three of 75 incidents since 2019, prompting an EU probe.
Todd Humphreys (University of Texas) and Richard Bowden (GMV) identified the Russian source by analyzing the signal’s pattern.
The EU is developing a system to detect and locate future navigation signal interference.