Sentences with phrase «disrupted radio transmissions»

Earlier guidance systems relied on radio links to ground computers and were vulnerable because atmospheric explosions during a nuclear war would have disrupted radio transmissions.

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Airplane navigation systems, cell phone communications and credit card transactions all rely on the stable transmission of radio waves through the ionosphere, which is disrupted when particles from flares further ionize this part of the Earth's atmosphere.

The agency is now planning to test VLF transmissions in the upper atmosphere to determine whether or not they can successfully remove the excess charged particles that often appear during extreme space weather events — particles that could disrupt radio waves and / or the power grid, The Atlantic said.