India, Dec. 7 -- India's recent Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) anomalies, reported across seven major airports since November 2023, match the multi-city, sustained signature of state-grade electronic warfare (EW) observed previously in Russia, China and several Middle Eastern theatres. Aviation specialists say the pattern of disruption now emerging across India is strikingly similar to incidents abroad where extended bouts of interference were eventually traced to electronic warfare systems operating near civil air routes.

In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha this week, Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu confirmed that instances of GPS spoofing or interference had been reported at Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Amritsar, Hyde...