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US Military Plane Forced Down By North Korean Electronic Attack
SEOUL - A US military reconnaissance plane came under electronic attack from North Korea and had to make an emergency landing during a major military exercise in March, a political aide said Friday. The aide said the plane suffered disturbance to its GPS system due to jamming signals from the North's southwestern cities of Haeju and Kaesong as it was taking part in the annual US-South Korea drill, Key Resolv (www.myfoxny.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Any chance we can connect the bomb doors to the GPS system??
Don't forget that the Korean War is not over; we're merely in a cease-fire.
"Any chance we can connect the bomb doors to the GPS system??"
Ha. Nicely done.
Ha. Nicely done.
"Forced down"? I don't think so. Another journalistic faux pas. Did it abort and land? Sounds like it did but being forced down is something altogether different. Every electronic recon plane I was ever associated with had an inertial system on board as well. As accurate as GPS? No. There must have been concern that the jamming was might be a prelude to further attack and discretion required aborting. Reaching back a ways, the bad guys used to do what was called meaconing as well as jamming. Meaconing was the luring of an aircraft off course. Right decision to abort until a fuller assessment can be made.
They were just testing their LightSpeed network. :)
I love the one comment on there-
We should have given them a chance to try and electronically jam an incoming missile or twelve.
We should have given them a chance to try and electronically jam an incoming missile or twelve.