Uk Launches GPS back up for Maritime GPS

[Silent Earth]

http://news.sky.com/story/1364056/new-navigation-system-amid-fears-of-gps-outage

 

[jontte]

always good to have a back-up system...

 

[lonewolf]

technology is only any good when it works, when it dosent it could cost lives especially in this case.

 

[jimLE]

sounds like to me,that back up plan is about as worthless as a pair of broken thumbs in a knitting class..

 

[jontte]

some old-school navigation might be useful...maps and sextants..but know they how to use them??