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The plane, it's 'splained, falls mainly without the brain: We chat to boffins who've found a way to disrupt landings using off-the-shelf radio kit

SkippyBing

So they proved they could spoof a flight simulator?

Just to be clear standard ILS is a very simple system, having originated a few decades ago, and basically relies on two overlapping radio signals. Messing with it shouldn't be that complicated, apart from setting up a powerful transmitter in the vicinity of an airport. Which might get noticed.

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