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| Introduction to ‘Signal of Opportunity Navigation’ - How Ukraine Uses Fixed Civilian Transmitters to Vector Drones and Missiles |
| 2025-05-09 |
| [TomCooper-Sarcastosaurus] What’s Guiding Ukraine’s Deep Strikes? Something Putin Can’t Jam I’ve made a few accurate predictions about Ukraine’s war effort—calls that seemed unlikely at the time but have since been validated. I warned that Ukraine would pursue a nuclear deterrent if left outside NATO. I said shotguns would become a frontline defense against drones. I predicted that the supposed $500 billion price tag for Ukraine’s reconstruction would balloon to well over $1 trillion. And I wasn’t surprised when Zelensky, once cautious, began calling out corruption in Washington directly (Ukraine isn’t more corrupt than the US, it’s differently corrupt.) Here’s my next prediction: Ukraine is already using—or will soon use—Signal-of-Opportunity Navigation (SoOPNav) to guide drones and long-range munitions deep into Russia, even in the most hostile electronic warfare environments. NOTE: This was written back in March. Today we see Moscow’s communication systems being limited. Why? To deny Ukraine Signal of Opportunity Navigation. |
| Posted by:Clem+Elmish4239 |
| #2 It was surprising to me that something like this hadn't been devised earlier. You can keep the attacking unit in a completely passive mode - no pinging - and use cell towers, 24/7 radio or tv broadcasting from fixed antennas as your known locations for navigation. No need to light up the active radar until final approach to the target. And of course, it works for every country in the world - even Burkina Faso has cell towers and radio antennas to use as markers. And turning cell towers off cripples the civilian side of the house so it's a reliable method to use in future. |
| Posted by: Clem+Elmish4239 2025-05-09 11:20 |
| #1 Finding your way with broadcast TV |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-05-09 08:43 |