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To: alex2011
The drone obviously didn't have any other backup navigation like INS, or radio beacons, etc..

If they were able to spoof the GPS signal, backup navigation systems wouldn't be activated.

20 posted on 12/15/2011 10:54:20 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Moonman62

Yes it would if you design it correctly. If you have 3 independent ways of navigation they take a a vote of where to go: 2 can always overrule 1. Thus if they just Jammed the GPS other nav system would have taken it to base. Having significant errors between at least 2 navigation systems, should initiate a self destruct of the drone. Thus Iranians would have to perfectly spoof ground beacons and GPS to get it — very unlikely. Also, its important to run the monitoring stations (that NSA responsibility) next to Iran to detect when they turn on their spoofing/jamming transmitters and deal with them — not that Obama would.


29 posted on 12/15/2011 11:01:50 AM PST by alex2011
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