US Military Reconnaissance Plane Forced Down By North Korean Electronic Attack

U.S. soldiers get off Korean Air aircraft at the Korean Air Force Airport in Daegu to participate in the Key Resolve/Foal Eagle joint exercises on March 8.

N.Korea Jammed U.S. Reconnaissance Plane GPS -- Chosun Ilbo

A U.S. military reconnaissance aircraft made an emergency landing during annual South Korea-U.S. military exercises in March when North Korea jammed its GPS device, it emerged Thursday.

According to a report the Defense Ministry submitted to Democratic Party lawmaker Ahn Kyu-baek of the National Assembly's Defense Committee, the RC-7B took off from its base at 8:30 p.m. on March 4 but had to make an emergency landing about 45 minutes later due to disruption of its GPS functions by jamming signals transmitted from Haeju and Kaesong in North Korea at intervals of five to 10 minutes that afternoon.

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More News On North Korea's GPS Jamming Attack

US military plane in electronic attack from North Korea -- Herald Sun
US Military Plane Forced Down By North Korean Electronic Attack -- FOX News
N.K. boosts electronic warfare capabilities -- The Korea Herald
N. Korea developing new devices to jam GPS signals: defense ministry -- Yonhap News Agency
New North Korea GPS jamming device has 100 kilometre range -- Mobile Magazine
N.Korea Developing High-Powered GPS Jammer -- Chosun Ilbo
North Korea GPS jamming device has 100km range -- Uber Gizmo

WNU Editor: This is making news now!!! We first blogged about North Korea's GPS jamming capabilities in March.