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GPS Farm Theft Spike Linked To Drone War Demand

BBC Radio 4 Macclesfield 13d13d Impact 5
A Member of Parliament from Macclesfield suggested that stolen GPS units, costing approximately £20,000 each, are being repurposed for use in guidance systems in a conflict on the European continent.

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theft agriculture warfare

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BBC Radio 4

“it's not a... ...saggering £20,000. And they're used by farmers to guide tractors and combine harvesters and other machinery to improve accuracy. But it is now feared that they are being stolen and reconfigured as hardware in guidance systems being used in war”

BBC Radio 4

“It is now feared that they are being stolen and reconfigured as hardware in guidance systems being used in war on the other side of the continent.”

BBC Radio 4

“These GPS thefts from remote farms and that Bulgarian spiring have something in common. The fear is they are examples of criminals being drawn into the murky world of spies and subterfuge”

BBC Radio 4

“Many experts we've spoken to agree there's something unusual in this spike of GPS farm thefts coinciding with sanctions limiting Russia's access to this technology and arranging drone war.”

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