Russia ‘jams signals’ on RAF plane carrying Grant Shapps
Russia is believed to have jammed the signal of an RAF plane carrying Grant Shapps in an electronic attack described as “wildly irresponsible”.
The GPS signal of the plane was said to have been interfered with for half an hour while it passed the Russian territory of Kaliningrad, which sits between Poland and Lithuania.
The defence secretary was aboard an RAF Dassault 900LX Falcon jet, named Envoy, on the way back from Poland on Wednesday when the attack took place. The aircraft’s flight path was visible to trackers.
The attack did not threaten the safety of the aircraft but left phones unable to . The plane was forced to use other navigation systems available to the
