Off Topic Cafe If it doesn't belong in any of the other forums. Post all Off Topic stuff here.

North Korea Jamming Commercial Airline Signals

Old May 3, 2012 | 09:18 AM
  #1  
SlowTibby's Avatar
Thread Starter
Member
 
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 62
Likes: 0
From: San Antonio, TX
Vehicle: 2001 Tiburon
Default North Korea Jamming Commercial Airline Signals

They are such a passive aggressive country:



"South Korean officials say the jamming of communications affecting civilian flights is coming from the North.



Martin Streetly, an IHS Jane’s expert on electronic warfare, told Fox News: “North Korea certainly has the capability to jam GPS signals and is believed to have been doing so since at least 2010.”



So far, no flights have experienced difficulties because of the jamming, but the South Korean Transport Department said in a statement that 241 flights by their planes and foreign airlines have been affected since last weekend.



http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/05...est=latestnews



Pilots and airlines have been warned about the jamming, which is heaviest around Seoul’s main Incheon airport."
Reply
Old May 3, 2012 | 09:52 AM
  #2  
03-accent-03's Avatar
Moderator
 
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 2,816
Likes: 0
From: Las Vegas, NV
Vehicle: 03 Hyundai Accent
Default

Interesting.



Reply
Old May 3, 2012 | 12:05 PM
  #3  
wheel_of_steel's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 3,837
Likes: 0
From: Floating around the AUDM
Vehicle: X3 Sprint, S-Coupe Turbo
Default

You are right, the whole conflict is the most passive aggressive culmination of shitposting and angry notes the world has ever seen.
Reply
Old May 6, 2012 | 04:42 PM
  #4  
Whatnot's Avatar
Senior Member
 
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 382
Likes: 0
From: US
Vehicle: 2010/Hyundia/Genesis Coupe 2.0T Track
Default

NK has been doing similar things to this for years to the military. Meaconinng, they intercept and rebroadcast that signal to try to make pilots fly over their country so they they can shoot them down. Pilots are getting too comfortable with GPS and geewhiz stuff, they need to learn how ot read a map and a compass again. Though chnaces of learning a map again for back-up/reference is highly unlikely, they will probably just attempt to have something similar to military encoding/decrypting like a Y code. GPS can still be a primary means of navigation, but there is no substitute for some old fasioned map/nav charts, a compass and some dead roconing type navigation to verify.
Reply



All times are GMT -6. The time now is 10:43 AM.