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That would actually be pretty hard, since the airliner uses their own altimeter and radar to determine how close they are to the runway. Much easier would be t
by bdamm 7y ago
That would actually be pretty hard, since the airliner uses their own altimeter and radar to determine how close they are to the runway.
Much easier would be to put the runway where it doesn't exist, such as at the foot of a cluster of tall buildings or hillside that is a mile from the actual location. A strong transmitter and directional antenna would be effective. It would be a once-only attack, because the FCC, FAA, FBI would all be on maximum alert after that. There's also a good chance it wouldn't work because the airliner is cross checking its position with GPS, ATC is cross checking with radar, and there's a good chance either the pilot or ATC will abort due to confusion over position.
- Johnny555 7y agoThey don't have to deflect the plane that far -- if they can just deflect it 100 ft to the side to land on a busy taxiway or a parallel runway that's under construction with heavy equipment on it, that could cause a disastrous crash (or to land 100 ft before the start of the runway onto a freeway or water) Ideally the pilot would notice and correct, but in poor visibility, maybe they wouldn't have time.
- stouset 7y agoAIUI, these systems rely on physical placement of the transmitters, so deflecting a plane by 100ft requires your transmitter to be more or less 100ft offset from the real one. At least, this is true of TACAN, maybe ILS is different.