There is a new report in the headlines today. It seems the issue is actually pretty ambarassing, at least in my opinion!
Navy Navigation Errors May Have Killed More Troops Than Afghanistan So Far in 2017
http://www.wbur.org/npr/545297589/navy- ... o-far-in-2
Edit: corrected link in post.
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Re: Not again!!!
What you posted does not match what you talked about.bmwrdr wrote:There is a new report in the headlines today. It seems the issue is actually pretty ambarassing, at least in my opinion!
Navy Navigation Errors May Have Killed More Troops Than Afghanistan So Far in 2017
http://www.postandcourier.com/features/ ... 7f6fb.html
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Well this is scary. News article talks about the possibility of hacking or messing with a ship's gps system and causing these collisions:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.busine ... nts-2017-8
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.busine ... nts-2017-8
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GPS tells you where you are, not where ships are moving around you.equin wrote:Well this is scary. News article talks about the possibility of hacking or messing with a ship's gps system and causing these collisions:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.busine ... nts-2017-8
Radar isn't blinded by a GPS malfunction, and neither are human lookouts - if they're actually engaged in looking out.
I'm not buying this excuse.
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Sorry for any inconvenience. The link is corrected now.Nano wrote:What you posted does not match what you talked about.bmwrdr wrote:There is a new report in the headlines today. It seems the issue is actually pretty ambarassing, at least in my opinion!
Navy Navigation Errors May Have Killed More Troops Than Afghanistan So Far in 2017
http://www.postandcourier.com/features/ ... 7f6fb.html
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Thanks, very interesting.bmwrdr wrote:Sorry for any inconvenience. The link is corrected now.Nano wrote:What you posted does not match what you talked about.bmwrdr wrote:There is a new report in the headlines today. It seems the issue is actually pretty ambarassing, at least in my opinion!
Navy Navigation Errors May Have Killed More Troops Than Afghanistan So Far in 2017
http://www.postandcourier.com/features/ ... 7f6fb.html
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http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/17 ... collisions
The US Navy says it will charge the former commanding officers of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain with negligent homicide, among other charges, in relation to a pair of deadly collisions in 2017.
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