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Drones are dependent on an active satellite link to function. What happens if the enemy jams the satellite?
by bodhiandphysics 6y ago
Drones are dependent on an active satellite link to function. What happens if the enemy jams the satellite?
- jacobwilliamroy 6y agoPeace at last.
- fishnchips 6y agoWouldn’t jamming the satellite affect F-35, too?
- mhh__ 6y agoYes and no. The whole thesis of the F-35 is apparently an airborne sensor fusion and electronic warfare platform as well as a modern BVR jet - it's going to be harder to jam because of both redundancy and the amount of hardware real estate the designers can play with to counter said jamming. On the subject of electronic warfare - I assume it's still very classified but given that the current teen series aircraft apparently have some serious EW magic in them (I don't have any citations for exactly what they can do other than I read some comments by IIRC an Australian ground radar operator and apparently they were completely outgunned - i.e. fake formations rather than mere jamming) I think we will be reading about exactly they can do at great length on the hackernews's of the future.
- fishnchips 6y agoRadar jamming and other magic aside, I’m just wondering to what extent the equipment in a modern jet like F-35 depends on satellite link. So to what extent putting a human in the machine actually changes its capability as opposed to a drone with an autonomous mode.
- mhh__ 6y ago> I’m just wondering to what extent the equipment in a modern jet like F-35 depends on satellite link. Not very much, the datalink is sort of peer-to-peer - the F-35 is one of the first aircarft to have a satellite datalink.
- onepointsixC 6y agoSure but a human doesn't have issue still executing their mission, making decisions based on changing circumstances, and successfully return to base.
- imtringued 6y agoIf you jam a drone it is just a machine gun volley away from destruction. A human pilot can avoid anti air or even do the first strike against the enemy.