GPS BACK-UP: WORLD WAR TWO TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYED (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Friday, October 31, 2014, 15:03

Many critical instruments on ships rely on GPS

Technology developed during World War Two is to be used as a back-up for GPS.

The General Lighthouse Authorities (GLA) have announced that they have installed a system called eLoran in seven ports across Britain.

The GLA say many critical instruments on ships use Global Navigation Satellite Systems, and if they fail the consequences could be disastrous.

The new system, which is ground rather than satellite-based, is designed to be used in the event of a GPS failure.

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