Putin Wants You to Use GLONASS

[bernorange 8359]

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Since March 23, the U.S. Maritime Administration has issued three alerts for reports of GPS disruption in the eastern Mediterranean. During the same period, and in the same area, Russia and its allies have conducted very high levels of jamming of GPS and other western electronic systems as part of the on-going conflict in Syria. 

While no formal maritime alerts have been posted for the Black Sea, the non-profit Flight Services Bureau in partnership with the Airline Cooperative has issued warnings about chronic GPS disruptions in Turkey and Ukraine. Additionally, the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation advises that GPS spoofing and other disruptions appear to be continuing in the Black Sea. 

Following a report last year of 20 vessels at sea reporting their locations at airports, the foundation discovered over 600 similar cases in the Baltic and Black Sea over the previous 24 months. 

Researchers in Washington, DC, who are preparing an extensive report on GPS spoofing have told the foundation that it is an on-going problem in the Black Sea and elsewhere. Just this week, for example, vessels in the Black Sea were reporting their positions as the Sochi airport. 

Russian maritime authorities appear to be taking advantage of GPS disruptions in their waters to encourage greater use of the Russian satellite navigation system, GLONASS. Last week the official Russian press reported President Putin was briefed that GLONASS was catching up to GPS. 

He was told that all ports in the Crimea were being outfitted with differential GLONASS equipment this year. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin told him “This year we will fully equip all seaports in Crimea with these systems. Do you remember how you criticized us for lagging behind in GPS? We have caught up with this backlog and will not have it anymore.” Putin was also told that 8,791 vessels in Russian waters were now GLONASS equipped.

While both GLONASS and GPS utilize the same band of spectrum, they operate on slightly different frequencies. During a jamming incident in northern Norway last year, authorities were able to document how Russian jamming systems are able to very precisely disrupt GPS signals while leaving GLONASS signals undisturbed.

https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/putin-wants-you-to-use-glonass

This caught my eye this morning.  It's not a subject (GPS spoofing/jamming) that I know a lot about.

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... GPS Jamming is a real threat and its really very easy to deny GPS positioning. But it is pale in comparison with to the effect and destruction that GPS Spoofing can cause. GPS Spoofing took centre stage when Dr. Humphreys, Professor at University of Texas and his team built a GPS spoofer to misguide an UAV. The experiment made the Department of Homeland Security, USA to invite Dr. Humphreys and his team to showcase their latest findings on GPS spoofing and the real gravity of the threat.

Dr. Humphreys has done it again; his team of GPS experts from the University of Texas took control of the navigation system ob board an $80 million super yacht in the Mediterranean just using a laptop, a small antenna and an electronic GPS “spoofer” built for $3,000. Clearly proving that the GPS flaw could let terrorists hack ships and planes.

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http://geoawesomeness.com/gps-spoofing-and-jamming-how-grave-is-the-threat/

[Francisco 2.0 32386]

Well, GPS jamming was central to the plot of Tomorrow Never Dies, so there's that.

 

 

[Anastasis 23458]

What starts here...

[JohnnyRage 1617]

The youth of the western world will be unable to find their dicks.

[Ben Tobin 374]

8 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

Well, GPS jamming was central to the plot of Tomorrow Never Dies, so there's that.

 

 

And didn't they use GPS Spoofing in Diehard 2? 

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[Anastasis 23458]

1 minute ago, JohnnyRage said:

The youth of the western world will be unable to find their dicks.

And my wife.

 

wait, wut?

[Parliament 14236]

In DH2 they changed the homing beacon and moved the ground "up" 200 feet.

[bernorange 8359]

Hey peeps, you do know that Hollywood story telling does sometimes deviate from reality, right?  The first story in OP was first time I have seen a report (that I remember anyway) that GPS spoofing was happening in the real world.

[Parliament 14236]

Lighten up, Francis.

[Brisketexan 105057]

Yeah, well...Putin can KISS MY GLONASS!  HOW BOUT THAT, ROOSKIE BOY!

WOLVERINES!!!

[Parliament 14236]

Fwiw, for civilians, GLONASS is a decent system, and a good complement to the American offering.  (We use a lot of GPS in agriculture.)

[Chad Fuck 17659]

Alright Ivan, we heard you the first time.