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Associated Press

The Norwegian Defence Ministry said that Russian forces in the Arctic disturbed GPS location signals during a recent large Nato drill in Norway.
The ministry said that Norway’s Foreign Ministry earlier had raised the issue with Russian authorities.
On Tuesday the ministry said it “was aware that jamming has been recorded between October 16 and November 7 from the Russian forces” on the Arctic Kola Peninsula.
Nato’s huge exercise Trident Juncture that included soldiers from 31 countries, was staged in Norway from October 25 to November 7.
Finland and Sweden, which aren’t Nato members, also took part in the drill.
The jamming of the location signals isn’t believed to have caused any accidents.

Over the weekend, Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila said his country’s GPS location signals were intentionally disrupted in the northern Lapland region.
Finland’s state Air Navigation Services issued a warning to civilian air traffic earlier last week.
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Without providing any further evidence, Sipila said Sunday that neighbouring Russia may have been to blame.
“It’s possible Russia was the disrupting party,” Sipila said in an interview with Finnish public broadcaster YLE.

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto has called for a thorough investigation into the incident.
The Kremlin on Monday denied involvement in the Finnish GPS disturbance.
“We know nothing about Russia’s possible involvement in those GPS failures,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to TASS news agency.
“There is a trend to blame all mortal sins on Russia.”
Prior to the manoeuvres, Russia had vowed to “retaliate”, calling the exercises “anti-Russian”.

Russia is known to have substantial capabilities for electronic warfare. Experts say it has in recent years invested heavily in technology that can affect GPS location signals over a broad area.
The northern Arctic regions of Finland’s Lapland and Norway’s Finnmark are near Russia’s Kola Peninsula, which is home to Russia’s Northern Fleet with major naval and submarine bases and other Russian military installations.
Asked about Finland’s claims, Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that cyber and electronic warfare were becoming more and more widespread, “therefore we take all these issues very seriously”.


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Norway blames Russia for jammed GPS signals during massive Nato drill

A V-22 Osprey aircraft makes a pass during Nato’s Trident Juncture exercise. Photo: Reuters

Landing craft and a helicopter are seen during NATO's Exercise Trident Juncture, off the Trondheim coast, Norway October 30, 2018. Picture taken October 30, 2018. NTB Scanpix/Gorm Kallestad via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NORWAY OUT

A Russian Tupolev TU-142 flies by the USS Mount Whitney of the US Navy during the NATO-led military exercise Trident Juncture on November 2, 2018 at the Norwegian sea outside Trondheim, Norway - Trident Juncture 2018, is a NATO-led military exercise held in Norway from 25 October to 7 November 2018. The exercise is the largest of its kind in Norway since the 1980s. Around 50,000 participants from NATO and partner countries, some 250 aircraft, 65 ships and up to 10,000 vehicles take part in the exercise. The main goal of Trident Juncture is allegedly to train the NATO Response Force and to test the alliance's defence capability. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) / ALTERNATIVE CROP

epa07136995 A handout photo made available by the US Allied Joint Force Command Naples on 02 November 2018 shows a United States M1 Abraham tank holds a defensive position during Trident Juncture excercise in Oppdal, Norway, 01 November 2018. According to reports, some 50,000 participants from over 30 nations are expected to take part in the NATO-led military exercise in Norway from 25 October to 23 November 2018. EPA-EFE/Sgt Marc-André Gaudreault HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Norwegian frigate sinks one week after being rammed by tanker

The shipwrecked Norwegian navy frigate KNM Helge Ingstad in Oygarden, Norway on November 13, 2018. Photo: Reuters

The Norwegian frigate "KNM Helge Ingstad" lays partially submerged in the sea near Bergen, western Norway, Tuesday Nov. 13, 2018. The frigate capsized after collision with a tank ship "Sola TS", on Nov. 8 2018. (Marit Hommedal/NTB scanpix via AP)

A shipwrecked Norwegian navy frigate "KNM Helge Ingstad" is seen in this Norwegian Coastal Administration handout picture in Oygarden, Norway, November 13, 2018. Norwegian Coastal Administration/Handout vis REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

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Jamming coincided with Trident Juncture 18, Nato’s biggest military exercises since the end of the cold war
Prior to the manoeuvres, Russia had vowed to ‘retaliate’, calling the exercises ‘anti-Russian’


Oslo points a finger squarely at Russia, accusing it of jamming GPS signals in Norway’s Far North when it hosted Nato’s massive exercises in October and early November.


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