2024-03-08 04:53:49
Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of North Korea’s Workers’ Party, led artillery training of the Korean People’s Army Grand Combined Units on the 7th./Rodong Shinmun News 1
The Joint Chiefs of Staff announced on the 8th, “Over the past three days from the 5th to the 7th, we have detected North Korea’s GPS jamming signal several times in the area north of the NLL in the West Sea.” There is an interpretation that they staged a kind of armed demonstration by sending out GPS jamming waves during the ROK-US joint exercise ‘Shield of Freedom’.
A Joint Chiefs of Staff official said, “To date, there have been no military losses or restrictions on military operations due to GPS disruption, and as a result of confirmation in conjunction with related organizations such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, there has been no civilian damage.” According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the GPS devices of regarding two civilian ships sailing in the northwestern island area were said to have lost their GPS devices for a short period of time due to a North Korean jamming signal.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said, “North Korea’s GPS jamming activities are expected to continue for the time being in response to the ROK-US joint exercises.” A military official said, “There was a GPS jamming radio wave launched last year, but the output was weak and the damage was not significant, so it was not disclosed to the media.”
A view of the situation room at the Fisheries Information and Communication Headquarters of the National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives in Songpa-gu, Seoul in the followingnoon during North Korea’s GPS signal disruption in 2016.
According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, around noon on the 5th, several GPS radio wave jamming signals were launched from the northern part of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the West Sea toward the skies over the five islands in the South West Sea (Baengnyeong Island, Daecheong Island, Socheong Island, Yeonpyeong Island, and Soyeonpyeong Island). It was captured by military detection assets. Disturbance signals were detected several times on the 6th and 7th. Accordingly, the military is said to have shared related information with related organizations such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and the Coast Guard, out of concern for damage to civilian ships and aircraft.
North Korea carried out high-power GPS disruption that affected the entire metropolitan area from March 31 to April 5, 2016, ahead of the 20th general election. 1,794 mobile communication base stations, 1,007 aircraft, and 751 ships were affected. Accordingly, there is a possibility that North Korea may attempt additional GPS disruption ahead of the April 10 general elections following the ROK-U.S. joint exercises scheduled to run until the 14th. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said, “Our military is operating a detection system to prepare for North Korea’s GPS interference, and is taking necessary measures by sharing real-time information with related organizations such as the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, and the Coast Guard.” He added, “If damage occurs, we will pay the appropriate price.” “We will do it,” he said.
Shin Jong-woo, Secretary General of the Korea Defense Security Forum, said, “North Korea’s GPS attack appears to be aimed at causing chaos in Korean society by targeting our civilian commercial GPS,” adding, “Our military GPS equipment is not easy to disrupt with North Korea’s GPS attack waves, so it will be a big hit.” “There won’t be any,” he said.
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