experimental GPS jammer
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- Testing of an experimental GPS jammer resulted in a medical plane crashing into the side of a mountain.
- It’s the first known instance where military GPS jamming played a role in downing a civilian plane in US airspace.
- The crew became the victim of an electronic warfare exercise being conducted at the nearby White Sands Missile Range, a test which rendered their navigational system inoperable.
- The crew involved in the New Mexico crash was warned that GPS interference may be present, but there weren’t enough safeguards or air traffic control personnel in place to prevent a tragedy.
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Origin: first recognised while reading It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico · 2026-09-11 22:23