Loran to go private?

Loran is a terrestrial system that relies upon very tall aerials (Photo: Cambridge Bay Weather/ Wikipedia Commons)

Loran is the land based positioning system that many claim can provide an alternative to GPS. Being a terrestrial system it is less likely to suffer from jamming or other interference and so could provide a reliable back-up for the satellite based GPS.

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