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| 6 Iraq GPS Jamming Devices Destroyed |
| 2003-03-25 |
| Six satellite jamming devices, which Iraq was using to try to thwart American precision guided weapons, were destroyed and have had "no effect" on U.S. military operations, a U.S. general said Tuesday. President Bush had called Russian President Vladimir Putin to complain about the alleged sales of high-tech equipment, which could pose a threat to American troops. The Kremlin denied the allegations that Moscow had broken U.N. sanctions to sell such weapons. "We have noticed some attempts by the Iraqis to use a GPS jamming system that they obtained from another nation. We have destroyed all six of those jammers in the last two nights' airstrikes. I'm pleased to say they had no effect on us," said Air Force Maj. Gen. Victor Renuart. He also said that they used GPS guided bombs to destroy those GPS jammers. Snicker, hope the Russians got paid up front. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #9 Why not hand them out for free when America does the beta testing? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-03-25 13:26:47 |
| #8 *ahem* Those are now LIBERTY ticklers, Frank! |
| Posted by: Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-25 13:21:27 |
| #7 ...our prices are IN-SANE!!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-03-25 12:48:16 |
| #6 "Sure they work.What,you don't trust my word?!Come on,tovarisch,we're you're best friends!Always been!You'll pay in cash,da?No,dollars only..." |
| Posted by: El Id 2003-03-25 12:27:03 |
| #5 Ahhh the dreaded "French Ticklers" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-03-25 11:47:06 |
| #4 purchased on E-Bay, maybe? Just above French Stinger missles... |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2003-03-25 10:54:20 |
| #3 Actually, there is an informative post on Sensing's site that explained these jammers away as insignificant. Apparently, when our guys came up with the idea of using GPS, they anticipated jamming attempts and made it so relevant bombing coordinates are loaded off of the planes computers and therefore if the GPS is "jammed" the JDAM uses its internal gyros to adjust to the presets. At worst it was something like 30m from the target instead of 3m, but in a test with a Navy designed setup, a JDAM dropped within .95m of the target in non GPS mode. Just found the link. |
| Posted by: Tex 2003-03-25 10:21:06 |
| #2 Heh. One wonders if there's a fallback mode: "Oh, my GPS signal isn't being lost. It's being jammed. Changing target coordinates..." |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-03-25 09:43:04 |
| #1 I hope the Iraqis kept the reciept, Cause at "Crazy Ivan's Used Cold War Weapons Barn', they only give you store credit, no refunds. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-03-25 09:38:21 |