Electronic Warfare Podcast Summaries

Something is jamming GPS over Europe. Here's what we found

Veritasium

Jun 5, 2026

Researchers discovered mysterious, recurring radio interference disrupting GPS across Europe, originating from space rather than ground-based jammers. This unprecedented phenomenon points toward a powerful, high-altitude Russian military system, raising critical questions about the vulnerability of our global navigation infrastructure.

Key insight: GPS signals are so incredibly faint—about a tenth of a quadrillionth of a watt—that they are essentially 'whispers' from space, making them trivial to drown out with even moderate radio interference.