Jammers: Trump card for Saddam?

Washington Times ^ | Monday, March 31, 2003 | Greg Schmitt

[JohnHuang2]

Fears concerning the viability of the GPS guidance system have surfaced in the media following a report Tuesday that coalition forces have positively identified six GPS jamming devices employed by Iraqi forces. Possibly just a fraction of the hundreds of small, Russian-made GPS jammers that Iraq is thought to have, this news is especially worrisome as the war moves into what may be its most dangerous phase

[JohnHuang2]

Monday, March 31, 2003

Quote of the Day by Texas Eagle

[KeyWest]

Gen. Renuart indicated that weapons GPS guidance systems were not affected, but, if GPS-guided bombs and missiles were effectively jammed, they would not go wildly off course. Weapons such as the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) are equipped with an inertial guidance system that accurately guides the bomb even when the GPS system is unavailable.

First the General saying there are not affected. Then the reporter saying "but if".

So this is really the reporter's opinions and have little to do with facts, especially since they have had the ineffective jammers since the start of the war. It is a bunch of garbage wrapped in a newspaper.

[Yeti]

It's difficult to believe that our whole multi-billion dollar military plan is helpless against a gadget I can buy for $15 at Radio Shack.

I think this reporter might be doing some wishful thinking.

[Yeti]

wishful thinking...

Oops, that was the Washington Times. Maybe they're just confused. I know they aren't anti-US.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

These "jammers" are ineffective. The commies in Russia ripped off Sodom and any other sucker who bought them.