Should we rethink navigating by GPS?
As 14 Northern European countries warn maritime safety is being put in jeopardy by Russian interference, how can sailors ensure their navigation systems pass muster?
This week 14 European countries warned that 鈥渕aritime safety and security鈥� was being put in jeopardy by Russian interference. The Royal Institute of Navigation says GPS is so vulnerable to so called 鈥榮poofing鈥� and 鈥榡amming鈥� that we need to rethink the navigation systems on which shipping relies. Tom Whipple speaks to Ramsey Faragher, CEO of the Institute.
Something else with the potential to affect navigation systems are solar storms. Tom visits Professor Tim Horbury and Helen O鈥橞rien at Imperial College London whose instrument strapped to the Solar Orbiter probe, and speeding through space, is giving us more warning about solar activity which could affect us here on earth.
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