Iran "Spoofed" Drone GPS

Started by Rod Kaufman, 12/16/2011 04:14AM

Posted 12/16/2011 04:14AM Opening Post

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Here's how they did it:
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/1215/Exclusive-Iran-hijacked-US-drone-says-Iranian-engineer

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Posted 12/16/2011 05:30AM #1

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This is why I refuse to have a GPS in any of our cars. You could head out for the grocery store and end up in an Iranian jail for three years. grin

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Posted 12/16/2011 04:12PM #2

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If this weakness actually exists, don't commercial airliners use the same GPS technique when landing?

George

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