According to statements provided by some US officials, Russia has found a way to block American drones operating in Syria, seriously compromising the military operations of Washington forces.
According to US officials, the Russians have begun to disrupt small drone operations in recent weeks after a series of attacks against the population in Ghouta, possibly carried out with chemical weapons by the Moscow-backed Bashar al-Assad regime; Concerned about possible US reprisals, the Russians have begun to disturb the GPS signal of the drones operating in the area.
According to Todd Humphreyws, director of the Radionavigation Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin, disrupting the operation of the GPS is not a complicated operation; electromagnetic interference can cause "the malfunction of a drone and even make it crash".
The Russians have already successfully used the tactic of jamming the GPS signal four years ago, after the invasion of Crimea, to prevent, among other things, the control of the area by the United Nations.