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To: fatman6502002

“So you think a LORAN system would not be vulnerable to attack?”

Less vulnerable than GPS


28 posted on 11/29/2019 10:00:53 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: TexasGator

Really, a fixed stationary target is more vulnerable than one moving at 5 miles per second.
Hmmmm, I’ve worked on Navy missile and combat systems for 30 years and I’m going to have to disagree with you on that point.
General Patton once said, “fixed fortifications are a monument to the stupidity of man”, of course he was talking about ground combat, but the same is true when waging war in the electromagnetic spectrum.
The more agile and maneuverable the transmitter - (do not interpret that to mean in terms physical movement or location) - the more difficult it is to jam.
There are no LORAN systems, nor civilian GPS systems that I am aware of that employ any kind of anti-jamming technology, let alone the military grade technology to which I am referring. So I think, at least in time of a major war at least, anyone dependent upon civilian GPS or LORAN are going to be SOL. They’ll have to find a different way to navigate the oceans and the skies.


33 posted on 11/30/2019 7:24:07 AM PST by fatman6502002 ((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
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