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Why is it unjammable? It’s just radio. The satellite adds an extra vulnerability. You can see the satellite from 1000km away. Just build a big directional ante
by sjducb 3y ago
Why is it unjammable? It’s just radio.
The satellite adds an extra vulnerability. You can see the satellite from 1000km away. Just build a big directional antenna well outside the war zone.
Jamming signals in a war zone is hard because you give away your own position when you start jamming.
- torginus 3y agoHighly directional antennas mean that the radiation source needs to be up in the sky to be even picked up by the drone. Ground based jammers are physically not capable of doing this. And I'm pretty sure they use frequency bands that do not reflect off the ionosphere otherwise they couldn't talk to satellites.
- sjducb 3y agoFirstly, The signal would diffract around the drone to the antenna on top, so I think you can jam the drone. Secondly it’s probably easier to jam the satellite, because you know exactly where it is. If you’re on the ground near the drone you can definitely send noise at the satellite so it can’t receive anything from the drone. You’d have to do some testing to see if a jammer off to the side (1000km away) works. I think it will.