Ships fooled in GPS spoofing attack suggest Russian cyberweapon

New Scientist ^ | 08/10/2017 | By David Hambling

[2CAVTrooper]

Was it “Darkened Ship” by chance?

[Vermont Lt]

In a one-off situation, I would agree with you. The fact that it’s happened twice in a short time...I have to admit my spidey sense is tingling.

If it happens again, I think we will all need to reevaluate.

[TalBlack]

Oh for heavenns sake, someone could just look out the window and say “ Hey, look, there’s a ship!

[BuffaloJack]

Ships should immediately return to navigation methods we used 50 years ago. If a ship can’t navigate by the stars and with charts, a compass and clock, then it has no business being out of port.

[Paal Gulli]

It’s called “meaconing,” not spoofing.

[lavaroise]

Troll.

[sharkhawk]

Gps spoofing might put ships on a reef or on the rocks. It won’t cause 2 ships to ram each other

[Charles Martel]

The diversity crew might be better off with one of these:

But can they handle the requisite trigonometry?

[Secret Agent Man]

We just assuming everything bad is Russian now?

The Chinese would be way more plausible.

[Rennes Templar]

“someone could just look out the window “

There were 300 sailors on that ship. Apparently no one was looking out the window. THAT is the problem. Why not?

[IncPen]

To bad the Military uses encrypted GPS that can only be spoofed if you know the rotating key.

Your position is that in 8 years Obama and his band of hyenas were unable to give Russia everything they needed (including and via Snowden)?

[Delta 21]

Tactical blackout drive, ‘cept on a big steel boat.

[Bull Snipe]

They stopped teaching celestial navigation at the Academy, ROTC and OCS some years ago. It is my understanding that they will start teaching it again or may already have done so.

[GingisK]

The way things are going in the US lately, I’d say the communist takeover has already occurred from within. Angry blogging has been the only response so far.

[generally]

I was thinking the same thing. I can’t believe it took 13 posts for someone to raise this point.

[blackdog]

My Northstar Loran C was just as accurate as my GPS and more accurate than my VOR. I used it on non-precision approaches and found it to be as accurate as the localizer, just no glide slope.

Everyone has become too complacent in navigation.

[blackdog]

Everything is just fine. The trans gender bathrooms on the USS McCain remained undamaged in the collision.

[dila813]

it is a rotating key.

I am sure they gave it to them, but the key changed.

[ABN 505]

Math is Hard!

[dila813]

No, the ship is always darkened at night. that is setting the light traps etc..