GPS Spoofing Attacks Spike in Middle East, Southeast Asia

Spoofing and jamming of GPS signals surged in 2024 and continued into 2025, disrupting thousands of flights and maritime navigation across the Middle East, Eastern Europe (including Russia and Kaliningrad), and parts of Asia; analysts attribute the large-scale activity to state or military actors. The report outlines the technical mechanism of spoofing, regional patterns of activity, limitations of current ADS-B/GPS systems, and mitigation approaches including directional antennas (CRPA) and emerging quantum magnetic navigation.