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To Prevent Cyber Snooping, the U.S. Navy Is Relying on WWII-Era Communications
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo ^
| August 16th, 2019
| Kyle Mizokami
Posted on 08/16/2019 5:09:25 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: a fool in paradise
Could burn a F-18 hornet tire at the end of the carrier deck to make smoke signals.
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posted on
08/16/2019 7:04:31 PM PDT
by
Redcitizen
(Tagline not secure.)
To: Mariner
Bean bags because of treasonous self absorbed folks like Hillary Clinton, Sid Blumenthal, JOHN Brennan, James Clapper, Peter Sztrok, and most of the FIB.
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posted on
08/16/2019 7:06:53 PM PDT
by
blackdog
To: _Jim
I never thought of the Soviets as "Cooperative targets."
Often careless or incompetent, but never cooperative.
43
posted on
08/16/2019 7:20:10 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(Make American Intelligence Great Again. Bring back ASA.)
To: ASA Vet
Perhaps the word was ‘secure’. I”m glad your father made it home and you, the 130 crew and the F-102 pilot as well.
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posted on
08/16/2019 7:20:26 PM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: _Jim
“I can MANUALLY give you a bearing in under 30 secs if I have the freq already dialed in.”
But you don’t on a rotating Frequency schedule. A Change every 4 hours whether it’s used or not.
And Morse Code over HF only emits when the key is depressed, the only for fractions of a second at a time.
Can you get a reliable bearing on that? One that you would bet your life on?
45
posted on
08/16/2019 7:44:01 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: Mariner
IIRC, read somewhere that backwards countries would be more likely to survive nuclear armageddon, because their technology would still work.
Hand water pumps, e.g.
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posted on
08/16/2019 7:53:26 PM PDT
by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Mariner
“The US Navy still can use Morse Code in emergency situations.”
That is good to hear. Thank you for the information.
To: _Jim
It ALWAYS gives a bearing to the *source*.
Skywave UHF doesnt.
L
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posted on
08/16/2019 7:59:31 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: Jacquerie
Impressive!
I, too, hope they still have such capability.
49
posted on
08/16/2019 8:24:47 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: Mariner
Last I heard they are still using signal lights, semaphore, and signal flags as well. Still have to be able to communicate in Emission Controls or if the radio goes out.
50
posted on
08/16/2019 10:36:44 PM PDT
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary that good men do nothing)
To: _Jim
...It ALWAYS gives a bearing to the *source*... A narrow-beam signal to another asset can be rebroadcast, only giving away the bearing of the secondary asset.
Think optical uplink to a satellite, downlink to a wide area.
To: redfreedom
What’s the beanbag message say?
“Attack...repeat...Attack”.
They’re kidding, right?
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posted on
08/17/2019 2:18:54 AM PDT
by
Does so
(To continue in English, press 2...)
To: Mariner
“VIA MORSE CODE”
Fists are almost like fingerprints.
By the mid 70’s the good US military CW ops were Coast Guard. Globally, probably the Soviets.
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posted on
08/17/2019 3:59:29 AM PDT
by
Clutch Martin
(The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
To: a fool in paradise
Do You mean Navajo Code Talkers ?
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posted on
08/17/2019 4:13:24 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!))
To: Mariner
Story appeared on the 15th on the War zone:
Navy Ships Look To WWII Era Message-Filled Bean Bags To Communicate Without Radios Helicopters would rapidly ferry the messages between ships in a reboot of a communications method that dates back to World War II. By Joseph Trevithick August 15, 2019 PS: all the branches of the Soviet military used the same code system in those 'olden days'. Other than the US navy practicing location security, US Army troops would often give their location in the 'clear' (voice) down to which tree in which farm they were sitting under along with direction how to find the farm ... always thought that was so laughable when we heard them
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posted on
08/17/2019 4:15:04 AM PDT
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: mabarker1
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posted on
08/17/2019 4:25:38 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Commitee)
To: Does so; Chode; Squantos; SkyDancer; Lockbox; carriage_hill; MtnClimber; tubebender; Delta 21; ...
Whats the beanbag message say? SEND MORE CORN, FLOUR TORTILLAS AND HOT SAUCE PLEASE.
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posted on
08/17/2019 4:28:28 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
((Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!))
To: Lurker
re: “Skywave UHF doesnt.”
A contradiction in terms; UHF yields a line-of-sight terrestrial comms, there is no “skywave”.
Maybe you mean SW (shortwave) using ionospheric prop?
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posted on
08/17/2019 5:33:22 AM PDT
by
_Jim
(Save babies)
To: Mariner
re: “But you dont on a rotating Frequency schedule. “
I SPECIFIED “IF I HAD THE FREQUENCY ALREADY DIALED IN”.
Please pay attention, I hate repeating myself needlessly.
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posted on
08/17/2019 5:36:21 AM PDT
by
_Jim
(Save babies)
To: CurlyDave
re: “Think optical uplink to a satellite,”
We’re talking radio here ...
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posted on
08/17/2019 5:37:21 AM PDT
by
_Jim
(Save babies)
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