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North Korea Launches Missile and Tries To Jam GPS Signals (go.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the that's-cute dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Hours after North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea in retaliation for ongoing U.S. join military drills with South Korea, they started jamming GPS navigation systems near its border with South Korea, affecting hundreds of fishing boats but not causing any immediate danger. There were no disruptions to drivers' satellite navigation system or air traffic, but warning messages were broadcast in affected areas warning ships not to rely on their GPS navigation. In a statement, the South Korean Ministry of National Defense said: "North Korea has been continuously disrupting GPS system since 7:30 pm [Thursday] and thereby interfering and hampering our military movements, which is threatening the safety of our people."

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  1. Haven't we all had enough of this shit? by kheldan · · Score: 3, Informative

    The little dog that used to just go yap yap yap is now frothing at the mouth, too. Isn't it time to euthenize it?

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    1. Re:Haven't we all had enough of this shit? by SuricouRaven · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The little dog's owner is China, and even if the owner admits their dog is out of control, it is still their dog. No-one wants to kill China's dog.

      I do like metaphors. They can stretch so many ways.

    2. Re:Haven't we all had enough of this shit? by peragrin · · Score: 4, Interesting

      The difference is k47 armed afghans and iraqis don't have a leadership. you can't cut off the snake's head to kill it. As there isn't a head to cut. Hitler killing himself ended world war II, what would have happened if the SS instead of surrendering became a gorilla fighting force that never gave up?

      The USA Army walked over the iraqi army like it wasn't there. however once the big army battles were done, then the real trouble began. Only idiots didn't see it coming.(yes they happened to be in washington DC at that time)

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    3. Re:Haven't we all had enough of this shit? by CanadianMacFan · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Part of the problem the US faces is that whenever it is talked about how such a bad idea the recent wars it undertook over in the Middle East all that is mentioned is the few thousand American troops lost and the money it cost the US to wage the wars. One almost never hears about the costs inflected on Afghanistan and Iraq.

      Hundreds of thousands have died and many times that number have been maimed because of those actions. Millions upon millions of lives have been ruined. And yet all we hear from the US is the problems that the wars caused for them. Maybe the country would have more good will if it showed more sympathy towards the victims of its actions instead of showing support to politicians who propose carpet bombing areas of the Middle East.

    4. Re:Haven't we all had enough of this shit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Which is why you have nothing to complain about with regards to what happened on 9/11.

    5. Re:Haven't we all had enough of this shit? by CanadianMacFan · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Your analogy only works if there was someone who poked you in the eye with a sharp stick. Or at least if you shot the person who poked you. In this case someone pokes you with a stick, you pull out a gun, shoot randomly into a crowd of people in the opposite direction, and then complain loudly about the ringing in your ears.

    6. Re:Haven't we all had enough of this shit? by DRJlaw · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The little dog that used to just go yap yap yap is now frothing at the mouth, too. Isn't it time to euthenize it?

      ...

      I like how you call them dogs and get an openly racist comment modded up to +5, you racist piece of shit.

      I believe both the original post and the first reply used the term "dog" (note: signular) to refer to the nation, not the term "dogs" to refer to the people. That would make them nationalist pieces of shit, not racist pieces of shit, you ignorant, race-baiting piece of shit.

  2. Re:Jamming GPS? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    There's really no such thing as "jam proof" - merely resistant. Even directional antennas are not perfectly directional, and will still receive off-axis signals, just at some attenuated strength. Any sufficiently strong nearby source can overwhelm a much more distant and weaker source.

    In a "real" war, it wouldn't be jamming that is the problem anyway. The problem would be that the GPS constellation would go bye-bye from the other guy's anti-sat weapons. Not that many countries have those, but the most sophisticated adversaries do have them.

  3. Re:Leave them alone? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The US actually likes to provoke NK. If NK gets riled up, it gives the US more excuses to place more troops or missile defenses in S. Korea/Japan. These missile defenses would do nothing to help S. Korea, considering that N. Korea has tons of artillery already pointed towards Seoul which is only a few miles from the border. Instead they only use is to help contain both Russia + China. More so towards containing China.

  4. Re:Leave them alone? by Alumoi · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The purpose of military training exercises is not to "provoke" somebody, that is childish and silly.

    Unless you're doing it in front of their house.