Iranian jamming ship GPS navigation systems

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News issued past summer – August 2018…will follow other informations about the poor reliability of satellite systems used at sea both for positioning than for communications

  • Ships sailing through the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf have been experiencing GPS interference and various other problems that US officials suspect is the work of the Iranians.
  • According to US Central Command and the Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration, ships have reported GPS interference, bridge-to-bridge communications spoofing, and jamming, among other problems.
  • A US defense official told that the Iranians had jammers aimed at disrupting the GPS navigation systems on ships and aircraft so that they might wander into Iranian waters or airspace, justifying a seizure.

Ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf have reported unusual GPS interference, among other problems, and the US believes Iran is to blame.

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