Russia accused of jamming GPS signal as EU chief's plane lands in Bulgaria

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

1. As an Air Force navigator during the cold war, a trip into Berlin was a challenge.

There were three narrow safe flight corridors from West Germany to Berlin. My job was to keep us on course. Getting out of a corridor could have severe consequences, from formal protests by the USSR to being shot down.

Enroute, the Russians would jam our radars and practice "meaconing" our electronic navigation equipment. The latter involved transmitting on the same frequency as a real nav-aid (VORTAC, ADF) a super-strong signal from a location which was some distance away from the legitimate station.

We looked out the window and read our maps to cross-check our instruments. This mission had a high pucker factor.

I'm happy to report I never got shot down.