U.S. Defense Testing Could Knock Out Your GPS

[idlerp]

[citation][nom]scrumworks[/nom]Pretty obvious that is a military exercise to test knocking out "enemy" local GPS systems.[/citation]

That sentence hurts my brain in so many ways. The S in GPS already stands for system, also I can't possibly comprehend how there could be a local global positioning system. On top of that, they are most likely doing the exact opposite of what you said, considering the only ones that use GPS are the US and our allies. The test is most likely approximating the effects of enemy interference with our system, than testing our ability to interfere with enemy positioning systems. We already know how to take care of enemy satellite based positioning systems, and it's entails hitting them with a big chunk of metal launched from an F-15.

 

[hanrak]

Is it possible that this technology could effect chin strap ons?

 

[dconnors]

The test times are from 7pm-9:45pm Eastern, just a heads up (7pm Eastern = midnight GMT/UTC).

-Devin

 

[eddieroolz]

I think they may be testing a way to block out Russian/Chinese GPS signals to hinder their operations in times of war.