Silent sabotage: Russian jamming cripples high-tech US weapons in Ukraine

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Russia’s jamming of the guidance systems of advanced Western weapons, such as Excalibur GPS-guided artillery shells and the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), has significantly weakened Ukraine’s ability to defend its territory. read more Many US-made satellite-guided munitions in Ukraine have been rendered ineffective by Russian jamming technology, prompting Kyiv to stop the use of certain Western-provided armaments after their effectiveness rates plummeted, according to senior Ukrainian military officials and confidential internal assessments obtained by The Washington Post. Russia’s jamming of the guidance systems of advanced western weapons, such as Excalibur GPS-guided artillery shells and the High Mobility Artillery...