From Nextgov: Large solar flare likely disrupted radio systems in the Mideast

That and a separate event that forced officials to reroute commercial flights foreshadow future problems, scientist says.

The largest solar flare of the current sun weather cycle erupted in a blast of energy Tuesday that probably knocked out high-frequency radio communications systems in the Mideast, according to Joe Kunches, a space scientist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center in Boulder, Colo.

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