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Old 25th Mar 2008, 11:20
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Deaf
 
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GPS is vulnerable to geomagnetic storms which could put the system out for up to a couple of days.

The satellites are presumably designed not to be permantly affected but we haven't enough experience to know how strong they can really get. So all the satellites could suddenly cease to function.
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