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Report Cites Vulnerabilities of Global Navigation System -- Matthew L. Wald  -- The New York Times  -- September 11, 2001

The U.S. transportation department warned that the Global Positioning System — which airlines plan to use to land flights in zero visibility, railroads want for avoiding train collisions and ships use to navigate shoals — is vulnerable to interference and even "spoofing" by enemies. The report suggested that older technologies, which are more expensive and less precise but also more robust, needed to be maintained as a backups.

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