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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
You just wait until the magnetic poles flip. Due any day soon!
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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?
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.
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