Posts Tagged GPS

North Korea Developing EMP Bomb, Electronic Weapons

Posted by Brian in News, Threat Watch on 9/Mar/2011 14:16

The North is believed to be nearing completion of an electromagnetic pulse bomb that, if exploded 25 miles above ground would cause irreversible damage to electrical and electronic devices such as mobile phones, computers, radio and radar, experts say.

The current attempts to interfere with GPS transmissions are coming from atop a modified truck-mounted Russian device. Pyongyang reportedly imported the GPS jamming system from Russia in early 2000 and has since developed two kinds of a modified version.

electronic warfare, emp, GPS, GPS jamming, navigation, north korea, south korea

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FAA to pilots: Expect ‘unreliable or unavailable’ GPS signals

Posted by Jack Sinclair in Comms, News on 20/Jan/2011 22:40

Unspecified Pentagon ‘tests’ cited

“The US Federal Aviation Administration is warning pilots to expect “unreliable or unavailable” signals from their global positioning gear as a result unspecified tests being carried out by the Department of Defense.

The Notice to Airmen, or NOTAM (PDF) said the GPS tests will be carried out beginning Thursday and are expected to last through February 22. They will cause spotty GPS signals in a several hundred mile radius centered off the coast of Florida.”

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/20/unavailabe_gps_warning/

civilian pilots, department of defense, faa, florida, GPS

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