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How much certainty is there that the Iranians actually spoofed the GPS signal? How much evidence is there to overturn the null hypothesis (being that the GPS s
by vbtemp 15y ago
How much certainty is there that the Iranians actually spoofed the GPS signal?
How much evidence is there to overturn the null hypothesis (being that the GPS signal was either jammed, or the plane simply crash-landed inside Iran)
- brown9-2 15y agoI would love to know the answer to this. It seems that people are taking Iran at their word. If you did capture an enemy's drone though sheer luck, isn't it in your best interest to tell the world that the cause was the exact opposite?
- regularfry 15y agoIt's unlikely that the drone relies exclusively on GPS. If the designers believe the red key to be axiomatically secure, it's not an unreasonable assumption for them to say "We'll believe GPS while it's present. Only if it's not present will we fall back to inertial navigation" (or whatever). Obviously, a spoofed signal would be hugely problematic for that system. And yes, Occam's Razor does point to a crash-landing rather than a hack, but a GPS crack isn't unlikely enough to be completely discounted.
- gvb 15y agoAvWeek is a more reliable source than the blogs repeating breathless "OMG IRAN SPOOFED GPS" stories. http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3abca8e6e2-70ef-40a3-8c56-f83aa6fc7ade http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckC...