Polish researchers have finally told the world where Russia is wreaking havoc in the skies and at sea in the Baltic region. Using a network of monitoring stations, they have tracked down the locations of satellite navigation jamming (GNSS) and pointed the finger at Kaliningrad and the St Petersburg area. The resourceful military uses both signal jamming and spoofing, a more sophisticated technique of coordinate spoofing that can make aircraft or ships think they are in a different location on the map altogether.
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August 4, 1998 – July 7, 2022
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On July 7, 1908, Ensign Chester Nimitz ran the destroyer USS Decatur (DD 5) aground in the Philippines. He was court-martialed, found guilty of neglect of duty, and issued a letter of reprimand. It was a different era so he still able to make admiral despite this career setback.
Source: U.S. Naval Institute
In the shadows of Cold War tensions, beneath the surface of the Sea of Japan, a little-known but significant event unfolded in August 1957 that marked a turning point in submarine espionage and international maritime confrontations. The USS Gudgeon (SS-567), a U.S. Navy submarine, became the first American submarine forced to surface by a foreign power during the Cold War—a moment that revealed the fragility of Cold War boundaries and the stakes of underwater intelligence gathering.
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