U.S. Deploys Satellite Jamming System

CNN has an article about a ground-based satellite jamming system that "uses electromagnetic radio frequency energy to knock out transmissions on a temporary and reversible basis, without frying components". Is this just another old school EM jamming technique, or something new? Of course they won't say, citing "operational security" concerns.

Re:Thin ice

[nightsweat]

$500 million baby? I can get you one for $143.50 on the Internet.

Sounds familiar...

[Sensible Clod]

Maybe this [slashdot.org] was a beta version?

I would have gotten 1st post

[Anonymous Coward]

But i suspect my wifi was temporarily jammed

Yeah Right!

[darth_MALL]

This is another vaporware lie perpitrated by "the Man" to keep me from telling the truth about *BZZZT* [NO CARRIER]

"Spies like us"

[Stonent1]

I'm having a mental flashback of the scene where the anti-missile system hits an MTV satellite and the girl's TV explodes, where she exclaims "Awesome!"

Will be a bad thing...

[gmuslera]

... until SpamSat is launched, and then all will agree that is a good thing.

Re:Sounds familiar...

[IvanD]

maybe THIS [slashdot.org] was the beta version.

Cool!

[lottameez]

I think the USAF could easily recoup their investment if they allowed people to "vote" TV channels off of satellite comms. $1 a minute to jam the signal. No more QVC, goodbye to MTV-trash - yippee!

Rasberry!

[Supero100]

"Raspberry! I hate Raspberry!"

Re:Way to go!

[Galvatron]

Now, witness the power of this FULLY ARMED AND OPERATIONAL battlestation!

Possible scenario

[PornMaster]

Michael Powell: You've got to jam the Sirius satellites, Scotty, Howard Stern is corrupting the youth of America!
Scotty: I'm givin' er all she's got, Chairman...

Egahds!

[Kazrath]

This is just another way for bible thumping goverment agents to control my Pr0n surfing!.

That's great!!!!

[dfn5]

U.S. Deploys Satellite Jamming System

Cuz I've got cable.

oh boy

[TubeSteak]

Oh wow is this going to piss off DirecTV.

Or maybe this is the govt's answer to all those people hacking satellite cards.
No TV For YOU

Re:Interesting..

[lottameez]

I'm pretty sure it works by spray painting anti-french slogans on the satellite gyroscope lens....oh crap, I've said too much.... :-)

Re:Rasberry!

[iamstilgar]

There's only one man who would dare give me the Raspberry {SCH-LUNK}.......LONESTAR!

Re:Like many other technologies

[mikael]

... I always wondered why satellites are wrapped in gold foil. The offical reason was that it protected against micro-meteorites, sudden temperature changes and heat stress. Now we know the real reason :)

Re:tool of terrorism?

[Shihar]

Look, when 9/11 happened the Americans went nuts. They ended up whacking off two nations. Think about it. The American response to two buildings being destroy was to take out two ENTIRE NATIONS. That is like responding to two guys getting shot by taking out two towns. So, you understand the American prepensely to overreact a little.

Now, considering the American psyche, what kind of fucking idiot would you have to be to take out all American TV. You thought they were on a rampage after two buildings fell? Shit, if someone took out American TV, especially during the Superbowl I would go look for the nearest fallout shelter and come out 100,000 years later to open a very profitable glass business. Why glass you ask? Because that kind of nuclear holocaust, that is all that is left.

Blow up the Statue of Liberty, the White House, and Wall Street, but for the sake of the rest of world, leave the American heart and soul intact and leave TV alone.

Re:Hoo boy

[Alien Being]

In other words, it exceeds the trigger threshold of your bovine fecal matter detection heuristics.

Re:Thin ice

[thedillybar]

Offtopic, but why is an "order of magnitude" a factor of 10? Is it just because we're working in base 10? I don't get it...

Well...

[Firethorn]

Technically it was 2.2 buildings(don't forget the pentagon wing) and four planes.

So we still have to take out a chunck of Libya or Iran.

If you take out the Statue of Liberty (even though it was given to us by the French), the White House, and Wall Street I'd expect nothing less than the invasion of three countries, not including the invasion of france to grab some artists to replace the statue. (I'm kidding)

Re:Thin ice

[badmammajamma]

ROFL...we can't even handle Iraq and you're worried about world domination?? Holy shit that's funny.