[time-nuts] The Demise of LORAN (was Re: Reference oscillatoraccuracy)

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Sun Nov 15 19:23:42 UTC 2009


In message <49937.87.227.52.225.1258312766.squirrel at webmail.lysator.liu.se>, bg
@lysator.liu.se writes:

>Then look at the weather forecast, get a supply of weather ballons and
>release at a random shedule, from a wind direction chosen point. Your
>jammers now have a good vehicle, to be above the receiver antenna. Very
>hard to track and take out... I guess the airport soon would make sure
>non-GPS navaids are well supported.

I'm not saying that GPS isn't easy jam-able, I'm saying airports are
hard targets for it.

Poul-Henning

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