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Internet jammer can be bought for $55, can bring down plane, say experts
Fox News via Herald Sun ^
| 18 March 2010
| John Brandon
Posted on 03/17/2010 6:04:52 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
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So much for national security!!!
To: Aussie Dasher
way to go Fox News, now for al Qaeda and Romney and Obama
all the time.
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:06:23 PM PDT
by
Diogenesis
("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." --Thomas Jefferson)
To: Aussie Dasher
AN electronic device small enough to fit in a shirt pocket and big enough to bring down an airplane can be easily bought over the internet for just $55You are kidding, right?
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:08:21 PM PDT
by
darkwing104
(Lets get dangerous)
To: Aussie Dasher
“Fox News was able to buy GPS jammers for as little as $55 from numerous online sources.”
AND
“The devices pose serious societal risks and they are illegal to buy and use in the United States.”
DOES NOT COMPUTE.
To: Aussie Dasher
The counter measure is just as simple, If it emits a signal it can be found with an inexpensive hand held directional receiver.
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:09:21 PM PDT
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: Aussie Dasher
Hey I want one... two weeks from now it might come in handy
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:10:36 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Parse every sentence uttered by a politician)
To: Boiler Plate
**** “The counter measure is just as simple, If it emits a signal it can be found with an inexpensive hand held directional receiver” *****
or a missile that can’t miss
TT
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:12:38 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Parse every sentence uttered by a politician)
To: TexasTransplant
If indeed it is a “low level” transmitter, the unit would have to be a “suicide bomber” attempt. It might interfere with GPS receivers in an aircraft, but unless I’m mistaken, aircraft don’t land under GPS control.
To: TexasTransplant
Just how big a missle do you need inside a jetliner?
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:22:48 PM PDT
by
Boiler Plate
("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
To: bitterohiogunclinger
No biggy, no problem for any pilot that knows his stuff. We still have VORs and ILS in every major and many small airports. Not only that these devices (I know where to get one of $49) have very short rnage, and your GPS sustem would a. Alert you, and b. reset itself in a few minutes.
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:24:55 PM PDT
by
stubernx98
(cranky, but reasonable)
To: Boiler Plate
You were saying ...
The counter measure is just as simple, If it emits a signal it can be found with an inexpensive hand held directional receiver.
Ummmmm..., is that before or after the plane crashes? .... :-)
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:24:57 PM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: Aussie Dasher
At this point GPS is only a backup navigation device but they are planning to use it in the NextGen ATC system.
GPS routes can be flown but all aircraft today still have all the ground based navigation instruments in use.
There are currently GPS instrument approaches but not at commercial airports.
I would expect that the so called jamming device would have to be activated on board the aircraft to be effective
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:26:55 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: Aussie Dasher
How would jamming the Internet bring down a plane?
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:27:03 PM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
("...a whip of political correctness strangles their voice"-Vaclav Klaus on GW skeptics)
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:27:28 PM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: dalereed
Like igniting one’s shorts?
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:29:57 PM PDT
by
arthurus
("If you don't believe in shooting abortionists, don't shoot an abortionist." -Ann C.)
To: Aussie Dasher
It does have a use for someone who thinks they may be tracked by someone planting a GPS device on their car. You just plug this baby in and you jam anyone trying to track you... :-)
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:30:11 PM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
To: Aussie Dasher
If the flaw is true then Fox is acting like the New York Times and should be ashamed over the story.
To: bitterohiogunclinger
It depends on what you mean by “gps control.” In aviation GPS is referred to as RNAV (area navigation). There are two types of RNAV instrument approaches, RNAV (GPS) and RNAV (RNP). The difference depends on the type of GPS receiver in the aircraft, more accurate (RNP) or less accurate (GPS). Flying an RNP procedure an aircraft can have a ceiling as low as 250 feet above the ground. So, if an aircraft is flying in very bad weather, low ceiling and low visibility, then a distorted or interrupted GPS signal could, theoretically, cause an accident. In all likelihood, if a pilot was flying an approach using RNAV and something happened to the signal, he would probably think he had a problem with his receiver and execute a missed approach.
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:32:31 PM PDT
by
ops33
(Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
To: DemonDeac
NextGen Air Traffic Control is at least 10 years off, at this point it couldn’t do anything but annoy a pilot! Bring down a plane or make it’s navigation systems inoperable is impossible!
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:34:12 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: Aussie Dasher
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posted on
03/17/2010 6:35:29 PM PDT
by
Star Traveler
(Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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