▲ 198 ▼ Russia is signaling it could take out the West's internet and GPS. There's no good backup plan. (www.businessinsider.com) submitted 2 years ago by Alteon@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 111 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You are not jamming GPS with a briefcase. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Huh. I went to go look at that stuff and it's definitely 2024. At any rate news articles made it clear that airports have dealt with GPS jamming for over a decade already and the FCC is pretty quick to send someone out with RDF equipment if it's not a transient signal from a highway. Planes aren't falling out of the sky so they've got a good idea of how to handle it already. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Huh. I went to go look at that stuff and it's definitely 2024. At any rate news articles made it clear that airports have dealt with GPS jamming for over a decade already and the FCC is pretty quick to send someone out with RDF equipment if it's not a transient signal from a highway. Planes aren't falling out of the sky so they've got a good idea of how to handle it already. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago Huh. I went to go look at that stuff and it's definitely 2024. At any rate news articles made it clear that airports have dealt with GPS jamming for over a decade already and the FCC is pretty quick to send someone out with RDF equipment if it's not a transient signal from a highway. Planes aren't falling out of the sky so they've got a good idea of how to handle it already. permalink fedilink source parent