[time-nuts] GPS Jamming?

Poul-Henning Kamp phk at phk.freebsd.dk
Mon Nov 16 15:52:31 UTC 2009


In message <FAD0F39D8FA7F440861941A74B1AE560390BE6 at sbsserver.AREMV.local>, "Dav
e Baxter" writes:

>The UK military often notify "other users" of "GPS Jamming Exercises" in
>various places at odd times, all around the UK.   I don't know the
>purpose of such "exercises" other than to perhaps prevent squaddies out
>on a navigation training jaunt, not to cheat with personal GPS devices?

Most of these exercises have "location of GPS jammer" as objective :-)

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