Hostile foreign forces interfere with GPS? "McCain" collision ship conspiracy theory is rampant
The U.S. "Volkswagen" magazine website published an article by Kyle Groove on August 21 "No," John McCain is not the victim of GPS interference fraud, "said the U.S." John McCain "destroyer After colliding with a civilian tankers, it arrived at Changi Naval Base in Singapore. The video shows that the ship's port had a big hole in the open, causing a large amount of seawater to dip into the hull. This is the second collision of a U.S. destroyer with a civilian vessel in two months.
Where there is weird coincidence, where there is a conspiracy theory.
On the morning of August 21, "John McCain" collided with an oil tanker vessel "Arnique" flying the flag of Liberia, causing a large hole in the port of the destroyer to be torn open. US Navy divers conducted a further on-site assessment of the damage to the hull at the Changi Naval Base.
The Malacca Channel is one of the busiest waterways in the world, with 80,980 military and civilian vessels passing the channel in 2015. As China's economy grows, the number of vessels passing this route has risen sharply.
The John McCain is a Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. The destroyer was stationed at the Yokosuka Naval Station in Japan and was part of the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet. The ship and several other same-class ships have been upgraded with anti-ballistic missile capabilities. At the time of the accident, the destroyer had just completed its "freedom of navigation" operation in the South China Sea.
The conspiracy theory that blames GPS on the "John McCain" and "Fitzgerald" collision early this summer is now rampant. This view argues that unfriendly foreign forces interfere with the U.S. GPS satellite positioning system. At present, global warships and merchant ships use GPS to determine their location with other vessels. The so-called "GPS spoofing" behavior can cause the GPS tracker to misidentify the location of the vessel, mislake the vessel and cause a collision.
Reported that North Korea will South Korea's GPS signal jammer on a regular basis blocking the interference of ships and aircraft navigation system. In addition, drivers in Moscow have been complaining about frequent GPS problems in the capital's central area. To make matters worse, crew members in the Russian Black Sea region in July reported that their GPS navigation systems were positioned 25 nautical miles from their actual location. This false signal was sent from the coast of Novorossiysk, Russia.
John McCain "collision collision should really be attributed to the GPS jamming fraud? This is unlikely.A hypothetical hostile forces want to deceive the U.S. destroyer, it will be sent out the signal will be sent out, the false signal if there is no Hundreds of boats in the area are just enough to be affected by the treacherous approach of hundreds of boats in the area. GPS interference of this magnitude will certainly be noticed by many.
In addition, conspiracy theorists also ignore the fact that GPS positioning is not the only means of navigating the U.S. Navy. Staff on the John McCain will certainly look out for sudden obstacles, vessels that do not send transponder signals, and other potential dangers.
For the GPS jamming and deception does exist. Potential enemies in the United States have come to recognize that the U.S. military depends on the system for everything from day to day navigation and weapon targeting, and they have been designing ways to block or interfere with GPS signals.
There are many applications of jammers in military, and the use of GPS jammers is especially important in countries.
