From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Wed Jun 13 2001 - 09:35:31 MDT
Brian D Williams wrote:
> >From: Damien Broderick <d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au>
>
> >http://www.smh.com.au/news/0106/12/world/world2.html
>
> >"It's remarkable that a stealth system that cost 60 billion pounds
> >to develop is beaten by 100,000 pound mobile phone technology," Mr
> >Lloyd said. "It's almost impossible to disable a mobile phone
> >network without bombing an entire country, whereas radar
> >installations are often knocked out of action with a single bomb
> >or missile."
>
> There are more problems with this than I have time to mention....
>
> How many battlefields are covered by complete cell networks for
> starters....
Depends, however, cell networks have a limited number of cell nodes, and
are transmitting all the time, lending very easily to destruction at the
hands of air launched anti-radiation missiles, and I wouldn't be
surprised if a Stinger-sized anti-radiation missile is not in the offing
for ground troops to use. What is important is that you can't move men
and weapons over cell networks, so the argument is moot. Using stealth
bombers to target communications assets is a waste of time anyways.
Their proper targets are material assets.
>
>
> In time of battle the GPS will be disabled....
You'll notice that both the Russians and Chinese are developing and/or
deploying their own independent GPS systems, as local jamming of GPS
signals is now possible. What is impossible is preventing the enemy from
using your own GPS system. When these two other satellite systems are up
and running, expect new models of GPS units to have switches to change
from one system to the other in the event that one is jammed (likely
only on military and possibly high end civilian models).
>
> This system could easily be confused by chaff, and or drones....
>
> An for a big conclusion they're forgetting completely about active
> ECM, an EA6-B Prowler can waste any cell network/electrical grid it
> encounters, as probably can Mike Lorrey's ole EF-111's.
Many cell nodes have solar or wind powered backup systems, or run
entirely on solar. While the carbon fiber tactic works quite well to
disrupt electrical distribution, and the resulting arc events may burn
out some circuits, without constant jamming, only an EMP from a TNT MHD
mine or a pony nuke is a permanent solution...
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