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Galileo System To Include Jamming Capability

Posted by Hemos on from the wham-you-hear-nothing dept.

CharonX writes "The Galileo project, an european alternative to the US based (and controlled) GPS system, recieved a severe setback today. Under US pressure the EU has agreed to use transmission frequencies that could be easily disturbed or completely jammed by the US military. Since one of Galileo's main advantages had been being independent of goverment or military control, this is a severe setback. Read more here on Heise.de (German - ya might want to use the fish)" Some of the background on this had NATO being unhappy with some of the provisions of it as well - at the least military structure.

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  1. Re:Well obviously the US by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Tariffs are being removed because of economic pressure throughout the world, not just Europe. Get over yourself.

    If you count being able to buy more goodies from the US as influence, then yeah, the lower dollar helps. However, your exports are getting screwed. Cheers.

    The EU doesn't hold much sway, except in Europe. Shutup, wanker.

  2. Re:Big shame by JonKatzIsAnIdiot · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But when you look at Micheal Moore, you wonder if he could find his own ass in an outhouse with both hands. The 'Stupic White Man' label is ironically appropriate ...

  3. Re:Unbelievable... by gaijin99 · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I mean really, we're talking meter accuracy vs a few meters accuracy. What possible strategic difference could this make? Yet because of the foolish paranoia of a few in uniform thousands of civilian applications are rendered useless while no strategic advantage is gained that I can see.
    Gotta agree with you here. If you're using GPS as a guidence system for a missile with a military size payload, hitting within a meter's accuracy vs. hitting within ten meter's accuracy doesn't much matter. Its just stupidity on the part of whoever thinks he should be worried about this.

    However, I don't really think its people in uniform who are worried about this. Most high ranking military types are prefectly capiable of seeing that accuracy in a GPS-like system isn't really a military concern. I'm fairly sure that its more the fault of the un-uniformed Chickenhawks, who have no military experience but seem to think that watching a few Rambo movies made more expert than the real experts. And yes, I'm specifically talking about Rumsfeld, Cheney, and Bush himself.

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    Also, just because I know a zealot is going to point this out, I'm perfectly aware that Rumsfeld did serve in the military. He was a peacetime pilot and pilot instructor for the Navy. Not that this experience gives him any knowledge of strategy, or proper military planning. He's just an idot, not a Chickenhawk.

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  4. Re:If, if, if, if... by monkeydo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So why were you getting your asses kicked by the Axis before the US entered WWII? Before the US entered the war we weren't really spending much on the war machine, but Europe was putting every dime they had into making war. When we did enter the war we managed to crank up the war machine, increase domestic output and help pull your butts from the fire. You think you could out R&D the US? Do you remember that the USSR went Chapter 11 when they tried that?

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  5. Re:Unbelievable... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yes, the EU must be hiding WMD's onboard..

    The fact is they want control over the whole system.

    Their not "liking" it honestly isnt going to matter much. The US won't be on top forever.