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BBC News By Richard Morris image captionLord West is a former cyber-security minister The Royal Navy and Britain s merchant fleet, along with most others around the world, rely on satellites for navigation - but what happens if they don t work? It s a question that troubles the former First Sea Lord, Lord West of Spithead, who has spent months trying to find out if the UK has a back-up plan. My concern is that those people who are not friends with us are looking at ways to knock out satellite communications, he says. I thought I d ask the government, I thought they d have processes, but it became very clear from their answers that they don t understand what the problem is.

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