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| Drone activity above Iran shuts down local GPS system - report |
| 2025-08-21 |
| [Jpost] Iran's GPS system was shut down on Wednesday due to concerns of drone activity in the region, Al-Arabiya reported, citing the country's communications minister, Sattar Hashemi, as saying. Hashemi said in a televised statement that "these outages affected the quality of communications and business" in the area. Since the 12-day war between Iran and Israel, Islamic Republic authorities have resorted to jamming navigation, which the country's Communications Ministry has said was done for "security and military considerations." The Islamic Republic confirmed that services are gradually being restored after the war, with the exception of GPS systems, according to the report. Al-Arabiya cited local reports saying that "these measures could harm the digital economy and public safety, including emergency services." GPS JAMMERS AND SHUTTING DOWN NAVIGATION APPLICATIONS Earlier this month, it was reported that the IDF had been increasing the use of GPS jammers in Eilat, on the Jordanian border, and near the northern Lebanese border, amid the possibility that Hezbollah and Iran would launch precision missiles and unmanned aircraft toward Israel. During the 12-day war with Iran, Israel had shut down all its navigation applications as a result of Iranian strikes on residential centers throughout the country. |
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| #1 Mossad KNOWS that you had for dinner - not enough veggies!!! |
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