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2014-06-02 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia blocks military functions of US GPS stations on its territory

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-06-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 The "stations" that jerk is yapping about had US folk scratching their heads for awhile.
It turns out he's jamming the continental drift sensors installed by scientists all over the world to map the movement of the continents.

Posted by 3dc 2014-06-02 00:41|| 2014-06-02 00:41|| Front Page Top

#2 During the follow on to the Iraq invasion, one of our search teams (looking for nuke, missle, etc) found a warehouse in Baghdad with GPS jammers. Russian made, a little bigger than a hockey puck; put a battery in them and they would broadcast digital 'fuzz' on all the GPS frequencies, effectively killing reception in a 300 meter radius, for about 2 weeks. They were intended to be scattered by helicopter in the path of an invasion. Evidently intended to degrade 'smart' targeting in the terminal phase, I guess the Russians gave them to Saddam to see if it did any good. In any event, they sat unused.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-06-02 07:17|| 2014-06-02 07:17|| Front Page Top

#3 I am with 3dc. Putin can't do squat to block the "military functions" of GPS from "stations on his territory". The story must be for domestic propaganda.

Posted by Squinty 2014-06-02 08:22|| 2014-06-02 08:22|| Front Page Top

#4 Flying into Khabarovsk or Yuzno-Sakalinsk the GPS nav system on aircraft commonly goes out. Heck - I bought a GPS jammer good for a 10 meter diameter for only 20 bucks! Jamming GPS is one of the first things you'd want to do when escalating. Announcing it is another thing. It'd be more embarassing for them simply not to work and have to have the US announce it.

Posted by Jinetch Ghibelline6418 2014-06-02 12:53|| 2014-06-02 12:53|| Front Page Top

#5 This must be looking better and better:

UK military creates quantum compass that could be the successor to GPS

Posted by Uncle Phester 2014-06-02 18:32|| 2014-06-02 18:32|| Front Page Top

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