Europe’s longest dog-sled race hit by Russian GPS jamming

https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/europes-longest-dogsled-race-hit-by-russian-gps-jamming/446455

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sidebro@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 168d (4 replies)

But... why?

LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 168d (1 reply)

Russia is terrified of anyone who knows how to properly use skis and guns.

SARGE@startrek.website · 6 pts · 168d
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tal@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 168d

It won't be targeting the race in particular. They've been jamming GPS since the war in Ukraine kicked off, so all sorts of things near Russia have been having problems. I've seen a number of articles talking about problems that aircraft near the Baltic states had, for example.

undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch · 2 pts · 168d

People still think of animals as objects for entertainment for whatever reason.

dnub@piefed.social · 5 pts · 168d

Yeah, don't know about the conditions in this particular race but others leave a lot to be desired, in summary, probably for the best if this race stops happening

Chough@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 168d (1 reply)

Have European governments done anything in response to the GPS blocking? I hear about it from time to time, but I don't know if or how it can be counteracted.

GameOverFlow@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 167d

We talk about it.