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Russian jamming tech paralylizes US destroyer


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I'm not saying it really happened, but I do find it odd that a Russian plane did mock bombing runs on an American ship for 90 minutes. Usually a "Quit it!" radio message followed by a missle lock will make them fly away.

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but I do find it odd that a Russian plane did mock bombing runs on an American ship for 90 minutes. Usually a "Quit it!" radio message followed by a missle lock will make them fly away.

where does 90min timeframe come from??? it is not even in the article

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An Aegis-class destroyer presumably would have emergency communication capability in the event of a hard-level EMP attack.

Not only that, but if CENTCOM lost contact due to an EMP disruption, or any disruption, a number of U.S./NATO fighter jets, as well as Marine Stallion heliocopters from the nearest carrier or land station would be immediately deployed, fully armed, to investigate and defend if necessary.

So, I call this story BUNK.

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If ANY part of this is true, I view it as merely either:

1) An "intimidation" fly-by

2) A "site-location" reconnaissance mission

3) Electronic intelligence gathering(radar lock dynamics, etc.)

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He had a wingman standing off at altitude, probably recording the event. Provoking a US warship to fire on an unarmed russian plane would have given putin and his neo communist clique pretext for further incursions, and would have looked good in the media. Putin is contemptuous of Obama, perceiving him as a nonmilitary pacifist, too timorous to respond to his provocations.

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It's time to bring back the old cold war military technology I think, much more robust .

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putin and his neo communist clique

Neo-communist clique? really that's poetic I like it vm

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Putin is contemptuous of Obama, perceiving him as a nonmilitary pacifist, too timorous to respond to his provocations.

That's certainly true, and well-deserved of our incompetent CnC. If we had strong leadership here in the US, that coward Putin and his thugs wouldn't dare do what they're doing now. He knows he can get away with it. Well, at least until 2016 when we'll, hopefully, get some strong leadership again.

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according to the story. all of the destroyers electronics were jammed, not destroyed by an emp. jamming only requires you broadcast on the same frequency as the one to be jammed. in effect both parties are jammed. so no emp, just electronic broadcasting, and it doesn't have to be that loud.

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You do know, that is an act of war what Russia just did. They are practically getting more bolder by the day, they won't stop until we return fire with stark warning, do it again and it would be war.

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according to the story. all of the destroyers electronics were jammed, not destroyed by an emp. jamming only requires you broadcast on the same frequency as the one to be jammed. in effect both parties are jammed. so no emp, just electronic broadcasting, and it doesn't have to be that loud.

With all due respect, where did you get that info? From that bunk story?

EM jamming is VERY sophisticated, rarely relying on a single frequency to disable radar components, much less an entire ships electronics.

Wide-spectrum, extremely high-powered frequency transmission is often used, and is legally considered an "attack"

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You do know, that is an act of war what Russia just did. They are practically getting more bolder by the day, they won't stop until we return fire with stark warning, do it again and it would be war.

I agree that an act like this might be just cause, but the fact that the intruding aircraft weren't destroyed shows to me that the story isn't real or taken out of context.

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We've seen this kind of stuff dozens of times around here - take a legit story and then RT, Voltaire, Above Top Secret, etc. "spice" it up a bit with the angle of "look how the US sucks" or "look what Obama did". In this case, both fit the agenda of the various "alternative" media outlets reporting this "story".

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We've seen this kind of stuff dozens of times around here - take a legit story and then RT, Voltaire, Above Top Secret, etc. "spice" it up a bit with the angle of "look how the US sucks" or "look what Obama did". In this case, both fit the agenda of the various "alternative" media outlets reporting this "story".

Yes, this does reek of that. It's hardly worth a mention.

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With all due respect, where did you get that info? From that bunk story?

EM jamming is VERY sophisticated, rarely relying on a single frequency to disable radar components, much less an entire ships electronics.

Wide-spectrum, extremely high-powered frequency transmission is often used, and is legally considered an "attack"

which is why i said both sides would be jammed. which may be why the jet hads an escort. the second plane staying out side the jamming range.

i got it from this; from the op.

As the Russian jet approached the US vessel, the electronic device disabled all radars, control circuits, systems, information transmission, etc. on board the US destroyer.

it says ;later after the jet left the ship went back into service. i do doubt that the ship was disabled as in it couldn't sail. unless the control from the wheel to ruder is now wifi.

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with obama as president, the jet could of sunk the destroyer and we would still not go to war. he may have even praised the action.

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which is why i said both sides would be jammed. which may be why the jet hads an escort. the second plane staying out side the jamming range.

i got it from this; from the op.

As the Russian jet approached the US vessel, the electronic device disabled all radars, control circuits, systems, information transmission, etc. on board the US destroyer.

it says ;later after the jet left the ship went back into service. i do doubt that the ship was disabled as in it couldn't sail. unless the control from the wheel to ruder is now wifi.

As I suggested before, CENTCOM would have immediately deployed necessary interdiction and recovery assets upon loss-of-contact with the powerful, expensive Aegis-class destroyer.

Recall that CENTCOM maintains constant auto-communications. If this is broken, CENTCOM seriously responds.

Thus, I highly doubt the story as stated is true.

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As I suggested before, CENTCOM would have immediately deployed necessary interdiction and recovery assets.

assuming anyone was close enough. i agree. but unless those assets were on ready alert it would take a while for them to get even at twice the speed of vsound. the helos can't fly that fast.

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assuming anyone was close enough. i agree. but unless those assets were on ready alert it would take a while for them to get even at twice the speed of vsound. the helos can't fly that fast.

They are.

It's a rotational READY status. Rotational pilots are ready to "rock-and-roll" and off the tarmac or carrier within 3-minutes.

The interdiction fighter jets are also rotated in an "Emergency Deployment" status. Engines-on by specialized emergency crew before the pilot even enters the cockpit.

Not sure of the number of fighter jets for emergency at a specific location, I think only 2 or 3 in rotation, fully armed.

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As I suggested before, CENTCOM would have immediately deployed necessary interdiction and recovery assets upon loss-of-contact with the powerful, expensive Aegis-class destroyer.

Recall that CENTCOM maintains constant auto-communications. If this is broken, CENTCOM seriously responds.

Thus, I highly doubt the story as stated is true.

Such an action would have been very hard to hide from the world press as well.

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Perphaps but what we *do* know, is that 27 sailors from the USS Donald Cook requested to be relieved from active service after the incident :D

Guess it doesn't feel too good to float dead in the water while getting wrecked ... Think those sailors want to spend their lives differently now :)

And it seems that what we DO know is that the US media did not cover this, at least that I'm aware of.

Thank you Gromdor, I am now aware that CBS covered it. That's a good sign.

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90 minutes is a hell of a long time.

Plenty of time to call in for air support to chase off if they felt under serious threat. I would also imagine they would have called for help if left disabled.

Like the USS Liberty in 1967?

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Like the USS Liberty in 1967?

You do love to drop your almost 50 year old references as proof of things happening in 2014, don't you.

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And it seems that what we DO know is that the US media did not cover this, at least that I'm aware of.

Thank you Gromdor, I am now aware that CBS covered it. That's a good sign.

There was plenty of coverage after the flyover in April. Just Google it. It was even covered in the Washington Post.

What's interesting is the part about the jamming only starts appearing in September and seems to be relegated to the usual whack sources.

That should tell you something.

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