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2003-03-25 Iraq

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Posted by Steve 2003-03-25 09:28 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#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|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2003-03-25 09:38:21|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2003-03-25 09:43:04|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2003-03-25 10:21:06|| Front Page Top

#4 purchased on E-Bay, maybe? Just above French Stinger missles...

Posted by Capsu78 2003-03-25 10:54:20|| 2003-03-25 10:54:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Ahhh the dreaded "French Ticklers"

Posted by Frank G 2003-03-25 11:47:06|| 2003-03-25 11:47:06|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2003-03-25 12:27:03|| Front Page Top

#7 ...our prices are IN-SANE!!!

Posted by tu3031 2003-03-25 12:48:16|| 2003-03-25 12:48:16|| Front Page Top

#8 *ahem* Those are now LIBERTY ticklers, Frank!

Posted by Dar Steckelberg 2003-03-25 13:21:27|| 2003-03-25 13:21:27|| Front Page Top

#9 Why not hand them out for free when America does the beta testing?

Posted by Anonymous 2003-03-25 13:26:47|| 2003-03-25 13:26:47|| Front Page Top

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