Expert: Beacons on towers in Belarus are harder to jam than GPS

Beacon-based navigation, which is present in Russian "Shaheds" and missiles, is harder to jam than GPS. This was stated by Ukrainian expert Tymofiy Yurkov in material from the Ukrainian outlet rbc.ua. According to him, beacons can use different frequencies each time.

Earlier, RBC-Ukraine wrote that jet-powered "Shaheds" over Kyiv are controlled through towers in Belarus. These data were published only by that outlet, and RBC-Ukraine has been designated extremist in Belarus.

According to Yurkov, beacons are periodically detected in one territory or another. In GPS, as he describes it, the L2 and L5 frequencies, the signal itself and the method of jamming it are known.

Beacons, the expert says, have a number of problems that make it impossible to determine their parameters instantly and start jamming them. If beacons appear suddenly, jamming them can become a problem.

Once the frequencies and the approximate location of the beacons are already known, they can, according to Yurkov, be jammed successfully. He calls destroying the beacons the most guaranteed method.

Yuriy Ihnat, also quoted by the outlet, noted that Russian forces can use the drones themselves as relays to create mesh networks.

According to an unnamed expert, one such tower covers about 140 kilometres. He also says that the Russians plan to build about 26 towers along the border with Ukraine.