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Iran is reportedly jamming ship GPS navigation systems to get them to wander into Iranian waters
Insider ^ | 8-7-19

Posted on 08/08/2019 5:24:38 AM PDT by nuconvert

Ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf have reported unusual GPS interference, among other problems, and the US believes Iran is to blame.

The Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration issued a warning on Wednesday highlighting threats to commercial vessels posed by Iran. The warning revealed that ships have had a variety of issues when operating in the region, including "spoofed bridge-to-bridge communications from unknown entities falsely claiming to be US or coalition warships."

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US defense official told CNN that Iran has GPS jammers operating on Abu Musa Island, an island in the Persian Gulf located near the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the aim is apparently to cause ships and aircraft to inadvertently wander into Iranian waters or airspace, thus justifying a seizure.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: djibouti; eritrea; gpsjamming; hassannasrallah; hezbollah; iran; lebanon; persiangulf; straitofhormuz; sudan; yemen
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To: SaveFerris

I know and while I’m looking forward to His return, I weep for my unbelieving family members. Bless you.


61 posted on 08/08/2019 11:02:48 AM PDT by FES0844
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To: FES0844
Just leave a few tracts (gasp!) in various locations - 17 cents apiece. Pray for them and do that. Maybe it will work on some of them when the 7-year peace covenant is broken and THIS begins:


62 posted on 08/08/2019 11:10:48 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nuconvert

Run along, little Rouhani.


63 posted on 08/08/2019 11:11:28 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
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To: SaveFerris
Can you imagine how much Brasso it would take to keep that thing clean! (Four years in the Navy...I still smell Brasso.)


64 posted on 08/08/2019 11:48:47 AM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova

Looks like a fine instrument


65 posted on 08/08/2019 12:05:35 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nuconvert

This is what Iran did to our navy guys in the rubber boat a year or two ago. Then they put them on display on TV before eventually letting them go.


66 posted on 08/08/2019 12:25:04 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: nuconvert

We should park a warship off Abu Musa and shell it until the GPS jammer stops. I’d use GPS missiles, but a naval artillery bombardment is so much more soothing and psychologically effective.


67 posted on 08/08/2019 12:26:58 PM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: BuffaloJack

It’s too bad all the old battleships were retired...


68 posted on 08/08/2019 12:59:45 PM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Wrong.

Quite a few moons ago, I went to EE school (4 or 5-year University) with a number of Persians, as we then called them. Only a few were good at, say, troubleshooting a circuit. But, at theory and being able to do the math in their heads while the rest of us (including some really smart Asians) were fumbling with plugging values for the variables into our calculators for, oh, say a 20+ character equation including maybe a log function and an arctangent (or whatever), several of those guys had no peers. They’d promptly spit out an answer to 5 digits of precision and maybe be off by a couple (say, a “5” instead of “7” on only the last digit.) “Seven-hundred-forty-three-point-two-five.” The rest of us would be looking at each other with slightly dropped jaws and muttering the f-word under our breaths...

Common sense? Well, that was a bit different matter.


69 posted on 08/08/2019 1:30:36 PM PDT by Paul R. (The Lib / Socialist goal: Total control of nothing left worth controlling.)
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To: G Larry

Negligent and foolish. Sadly, the requirements for licences has diminished and basic navigation skills for pilots is lacking.
I’m sure that boating navigation skills are lacking as well.


70 posted on 08/08/2019 1:53:36 PM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do Ya?)
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To: nuconvert

we need to start putting big smoking holes in the ground where their military bases used to be.

we could even warn them, let them evacuate... then blammo.

One base at a time until they see the light


71 posted on 08/08/2019 1:54:52 PM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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To: Flick Lives
You are in error. Look up GPS Spoofing. It is very real and the Russians are good at it. Our military grade GPS units have an "anti-spoofing" feature built in for just this reason.

They are not just trying to block the signal with brute force noise jamming, but trying to distort the position fix.

72 posted on 08/08/2019 1:58:47 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: printhead

I do not think SAASM is available on civilian GPS such as these ships would have.


73 posted on 08/08/2019 2:02:07 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: NTHockey

In fairness to the present day navigators, the precision required to avoid Iranian waters is slightly harder than setting sail and heading in the general direction of England or “India” as the Vikings or Columbus did long ago. The Polynesians used the stars to navigate and the Hawaiian Islands extend over one thousand miles. Hard to miss them. (Hilo to Midway)


74 posted on 08/08/2019 2:06:01 PM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do Ya?)
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To: BatGuano

Nobody wants to hear sense. They’re on a roll.


75 posted on 08/08/2019 2:09:11 PM PDT by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: nuconvert

What if coordinated crises? The Iranians make a major move against international shipping in the Gulf, and China sends the People’s Liberation Army into Hong Kong “to maintain order” at the request of Ms Quisling.


76 posted on 08/08/2019 2:17:42 PM PDT by omega4412
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