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Pirate Boats Can’t Hide From ‘Murica’s Laser-Guided Bombs
gCaptain ^ | September 18, 2013 | Rob Almeida

Posted on 09/19/2013 6:12:55 AM PDT by artichokegrower

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To: Twotone

ping to self...


41 posted on 09/19/2013 8:11:53 AM PDT by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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To: gotribe
I have no problem with that. These are the same Barbary Pirates we fought long ago... all muzzies.
42 posted on 09/19/2013 8:26:09 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

The bombs are laser guided not GPS guided . GPS jammer won’t do squat also a GPS jammer is a active transmitter which means that it can pin pointed & killed by a homing anti-radiation missile.


43 posted on 09/19/2013 8:53:01 AM PDT by Nebr FAL owner
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To: Nebr FAL owner

For the Small Diameter Bomb:

http://www.boeing.com/boeing/defense-space/missiles/sdb/

Guidance:
Precision inertial navigation system/global positioning system (INS/GPS). Anti-jam GPS and selective-ability anti-spoofing module (SAASM).

“If the GPS signal is jammed or lost, the JDAM can still achieve a 30 meter CEP or less for free flight times up to 100 seconds.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_availability_anti-spoofing_module

Selective Availability Anti-spoofing Module (SAASM)

SAASM does not provide any additional anti-jam capability, because it uses exactly the same signal-in-space as current GPS signals (power and modulation). Future GPS upgrades, such as M-Code, will provide anti-jam capabilities.

Deployment of the next generation military signal for GPS, called M-code, commenced with the launch of IIR-M and IIF satellites, beginning in 2005. A complete constellation of 18 satellites with M-code capability is planned for 2016.


44 posted on 09/19/2013 11:37:07 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (The best War on Terror News is at rantburg.com)
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To: artichokegrower

Is this some kind of Pirate Day joke?


45 posted on 09/19/2013 11:39:10 AM PDT by McGruff (No wars for Arab pipelines!)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy
So what happens to one of these highly accurate bombs when it enters the GPS jamming bubble surrounding a ship at a respectable distance? Does it reduce its accuracy from 1 meter to 10 meters? 100 meters?

I could tell you but then I would have to kill you.
46 posted on 09/19/2013 11:57:28 AM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: gotribe

“millions for defense”

our DOD budget has always been about pirates


47 posted on 09/19/2013 12:08:59 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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To: artichokegrower

When I worked for a Navy contractor I proposed the following name for a system designed to track pirates over the horizon: Advanced Reconnaissance and Ranging Reliant on Geospatial Headings (ARRRGH).

I don’t know why they didn’t use it.


48 posted on 09/19/2013 12:22:51 PM PDT by SlowBoat407 (Anyone can fib. It takes an intellectual to tell a really big lie.)
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To: Darksheare

Agreed. Plinkin’ muzzie pirate boats with the guns has gotta be way more fun for our guys then just blowin’ the hell outta them from long range with a missile or bomb.


49 posted on 09/19/2013 1:41:10 PM PDT by bobby.223 (Retired up in the snowy mountains of the American Redoubt and it's a GREAT life!)
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To: bobby.223

Costs less to expend 20mm HE cannon rounds, offers training for engaging such objects, and costs less in fuel.
Obviously they didn’t do a proper cost analysis.


50 posted on 09/19/2013 1:58:03 PM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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