Even the best GPS is worthless if the reefs are not mapped accurately - and they aren't.
The Red Sea in this area is littered with shipwrecks of all sizes.
Nonsense. A 2 minute dig revealed easily accessible, accurate recreational marine charts for most of the Egyptian coast (for a fee). For example, here's a free snippet of a popular reef cluster near Safaga:
Another 30 seconds on Google Maps, and I have the GPS coordinates of Panorama Reef: 26.748448, 34.081624 where 6 dive boats were moored in the lee of the reef when this photo was taken.
Here is the GPS location of Satay Reef, where Sea Story supposedly sank:
Any capable GIS enthusiast could produce an accurate GPS map of the entire BDE reef itinerary in less than a week. Or buy the maps for upload into a marine chart plotter in less than an hour.
Given the popularity and commercial value of diving operations in this region, there is simply no excuse for a boat making way in the Red Sea, in any weather condition to hit a reef, unless....
What is a compromised GPS system?
1) A fully operational satellite-based GPS system operated by a donkey, or....
2) Fully operational GPS hardware that has been jammed by local authorities/ bad actors, or...
3) Partially operational GPS hardware: broken, obsolete, unconnected hardware, or....
4) Phantom GPS hardware, ie. GPS receiver antenna top side, missing display on bridge, or....
5) BS mobile-phone based GPS systems.