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Galileo System To Include Jamming Capability
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.
RADAR TECH.: I'm having trouble with the radar, sir.
HELMET: What's wrong with it?
RADAR TECH.: I've lost the bleeps, I've the lost the sweeps, and I've lost the creeps.
HELMET: The what?
SANDURZ: The what?
HELMET: And the what?
RADAR TECH.: You know. The bleeps, the sweeps, and the creeps.
HELMET: That's not all he's lost.
RADAR TECH.: Sir. The radar, sir. It appears to be... jammed.
HELMET: Jammed? Raspberry. There's only one man who would dare give me the raspberry. Lone Starr!
I knew the Galileo project would run into trouble, but I honestly thought it would be the Catholics causing it.
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh." -Voltaire
Conservatives work on fear, yet Dems are the ones trying to scare seniors by telling them we'll destroy their SS. Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah.
You just wait until the magnetic poles flip. Due any day soon!
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(Announcer voiceover)
They left it for dead on Jupiter.
But now it has come back from the shadows to claim revenge!
(Pan to radar control room)
Radar Tech: Sir, all our systems are jammed!
(Shots of satellites exploding)
(Announcer voiceover)
Coming this fall: Galileo's Revenge: When deep space probes go bad.
Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
I think this US request for facilitating jamming of the Galileo system lacks creativity.
A much more entertaining request would be for the US military to be allowed to change the signals in the event of enemy activity.
North Korea launches missile
Washington DC is the target
Update the satellites, informing them that Washington DC and Beijing China have switched places
Fun ensues
I metamoderate, therefore I am
US: Change Galileo so we can jam it.
... and?
EU:
US: And what?
EU: And what concession will you make?
US: If you comply with our request, the United States government is prepared to not nuke your ass.
EU: I say, that's very generous. We accept.
The US Army: promoting democracy through unquestioned obedience
And I was just going to invade and take over the United States using the Galileo system. Looks like I'll have to use something else. North Star, perhaps, we're not jamming that are we?
Umm, you call the fastest ground war in history a problem? Or are you refering to the occupation? Ironically enough, we'd almost as good vs. Europe right now.
Europe has
1. A disarmed population (Except for switzerland).
2. A climate that our weapon systems were designed for.
2a. We have many cold war scenarios for fighting the USSR in Europe, we have maps and know the area.
3. A bunch of pacifists in government there.
4. We've been proping up Europe's defense for decades. Imagine a plus changing into a minus.
Though I agree, war with Europe would be bad. I don't want WWIII.
I don't read AC A human right
" With the current fascist and religious fundementalist currents in US politics"
Fascist ?
I happened to be an atheist and I voted for that guy and so did lots of very intelligent and highly educated people.
I support Bush not because he is a born again Christian ( I couldn't care less) but because at this point he is the only guy around capable of stopping islamofacists avalanche.
Didn't RTFA because I don't read German and don't trust the fish.
Does this mean that the US can block the civilian variant of Galileo, allowing EU military to still use the system unimpeded on an encrypted channel? If so, then I'm cool with it.
Even if not, I'm sure the conversation went something like this:
US We want SA over your system.
EU Blow it out your ass.
US We'll shoot down all your sattellites.
EU OK.
who are those slashdot people? they swept over like Mongol-Tartars.
MY FUCKING GOD! WHY DIDN'T WE THINK OF THAT! It just goes to show, all those years of violence and all we needed to do was ask an American.
Just give me a minute whilst I check with the Republicans if its OK with them that NI remains part of the UK after the predominantly Unionist population wins your cleverly devised referendum.
Cats: All your Galileo are belong to US. :)
Fellowship 9/11
who cares about fair, the rest of the world needs to grow some balls so they can bitch slap us americans when our government does stupid shit instead of going along mindlessly like little children
that there is NOTHING any individual can do to really make a diffrence now
If enough of them get together, they can start a civil war.