Half an hour without communication: the Russian Federation could stupid GPS on a plane with the Minister of Defense of Britain - Reuters
GPS did not work at the moment when the board flew near the Russian Kaliningrad region, which borders with the countries of the European Union and Belarus. Anonymous sources say mobile phones could not connect to the Internet throughout. In this regard, the aircraft was forced to use alternative methods to determine its exact location. The UK Ministry of Defense did not officially commented on this incident at the time of the material.
Reuters added that on March 14, the Chapps Grant made a day trip to Eastern Europe, during which the incident occurred. In Poland, he should meet British servicemen who are involved in Steadfast Defender exercises. We will remind, on February 21 with the British minister there was another incident. The nuclear rocket almost fell on the submarine in which he was.
The Trident II rocket was launched without the combat part of the HMS Vanguard submarine, which was the head of the Defense Ministry of Defense. According to the journalists, the rocket separated from the submarine, but then fell into the ocean and sank. On March 8, it was reported that the UK Minister of Defense Grant Chapsa came to Kiev. During his visit, he stressed that the United Kingdom made "more than ever", providing the largest military support package to Ukraine today.