Posted on 10/16/2010 9:47:28 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld
For the last five years, South Korean intelligence has been trying to get their hands on North Korea's new GPS jammer. The South Korean recently revealed that they had evidence that these jammers were now mounted on North Korean electronic warfare vehicles. These jammers are used to spoil the aim of GPS guided bombs and missiles, and are believed to have a range of 50-100 kilometers. South Korea believes the jammer technology was obtained from Russia. The U.S., NATO, Israel and several Middle Eastern nations (friendly to the U.S.) are big users of GPS guided weapons. The North Korean device is being offered to Middle Eastern Nations (as in Syria, Iran and Hizbollah), and is touted as superior to the Russian model (which Iraq had, and used, without much success, in 2003). The Russians have since improved their technology, but the U.S. believes its anti-jammer devices are capable to dealing with the new Russian gear. One is never sure unless you can test the anti-jammer technology against the jammer. Thus the eagerness to get a North Korean jammer into the hands of U.S. Air Force anti-jammer experts for examination. Many GPS experts doubt that the North Korean jammer actually exists, as the North Korean have never exhibited much talent in that area of technology. But the Russians have, and apparently another bit of Russian military technology has leaked into North Korea, despite all the embargos against such transactions
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Another toy that Li’l Kim and the boys want to sell.
The thing is that Russia turned off the jammers in Iraq before Iraq could use them. They also shut off other weaponry so we couldn’t figure out its effectiveness.
Good Point
We have HARM’s ready for the jammers, the real problem is the jammer decoys.
Yes, the AGM-88 is a good piece of hardware. Wild Weasels live for this.
The problem with using jammers against GPS bombs.
The jammers are on the ground, while the GPS bombs have directional antennas aimed up.
Guess we’ll just have to carpet bomb ‘em...
Just remember NK - a B-52 can carry the same weight in bombs as a WWII B-17 - including the B-17! It's like dropping the bomb load and the bomber...
Jammin with tha Norks ping
So true.
GPS jammers simply increase the CPE of our various GBUs.
They CAN however mess with guided artillery. But only to the point of larger CPE.
WE can still rain death from above.
according to who? NoKors might scam the Hizbollah and supporters like the Russians have Iran on a couple of occasions. If Hizbollah has GPS jammers Israel will know.
I tend to go along with this...
“Many GPS experts doubt that the North Korean jammer actually exists...”
I’d feel safer knowing that we are already working on a jammer to jam the jammer they might have to jam the anti-jammer we purportedly have to jam the jammer alluded to in the article.
I’m not positive but I believe the SR-71 could check it out.
I agree. Odds are that it is a bit of chest beating as the regime changes hands.
Spoofing is the best they can hope for..........
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