Coastal states raise alarm over GNSS interference

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Fourteen European coastal states and Iceland have issued a warning to the international maritime industry over growing risks to maritime safety from interference in satellite navigation systems and vessel data manipulation.

In a letter addressed to ‘Members of the International Maritime Community’, the governments of Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden and the UK say modern shipping has become dangerously dependent on satellite-based navigation.

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