[znix]

Yes if it's during battle as our Rangers, Seals and recon depend on it heavily. I say if they do it, nuke Baghdad and be done with this mess. Make an example of the cockroaches.

I was under the impression that there were two GPS networks in parallel, one for the military (that is encypted and more precise) and one for civilian use. It seems we could shut down the civilian GPS network(which the Iraqis are surely using) in an emergency with relatively little impact on military operations.

Im not concerned really, persoanlly I'm confident this story is BS.

[Eala]

Im not concerned really, persoanlly I'm confident this story is BS.

I agree. Sounds like an expensive, roundabout and probably relatively ineffective way to do this.

[Myrddin]

It seems we could shut down the civilian GPS network(which the Iraqis are surely using) in an emergency with relatively little impact on military operations.

You can't shutdown the "civilian GPS". That is what is known as the C/A channel. Part of the C/A channel information is a current "bookmark" for the pseudo random number sequence that is being broadcast on the encrypted channel. That PN sequence repeats every 7 days, so you need some way to latch onto the current spot. You also need the current crypto key to encrypt your version of the PN sequence to attempt to get "chip sync" with the encrypted channel.

[af_vet_rr]

I don't worry either, I have a hard time believing this story - there are much cheaper, easier, and reliable ways for terrorists to deliever weapons.

[babygene]

A drone is nothing more than a large model airplane. Outfiting it with a GPS guidance system would be a cakewalk. My GPS plugs into my laptop, and my laptop can control any number of servos.

For that matter, one would probably just use a small plane with a couple of hundred miles of range. This is a bigger risk than many of you think...