Some unnamed South Korean government sources confirmed that the Asian country is finalizing plans to track down and block GPS jamming signals.
To be coordinated by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, this move from South Korea aims to stop the jamming signals emitted by its 'increasingly belligerent northern neighbor.'
The unnamed sources said, "The government aims to open a public bid in mid-April with an aim to set up the system by November or December this year. Efforts to develop a system that can defend GPS jamming are also under way."
Although South Korean officers claims that this move is not a panicked reaction to increase tension on the Korean peninsula, threats keep coming from the other Korean territory. The latter just recently 'warned' foreigners in South Korea to evacuate that it can’t vouch for the safety of foreign diplomats in Pyongyang after 10 April; and that it will launch missile attacks on US military bases and turn Seoul into a “sea of fire.”
The GPS jamming issues have been a dilemma for South Korea since 2010, and even though the country is fearful that making a move might ignite major attacks, and that North Korea have expressed its intents to continuously disrupt the former's cyber space, South Korea seems determined to take its chances this time.
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