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   From: eripe.dk@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, July 8, 2017 at 10:41:20 PM UTC+7, Wolffan wrote:   
   > On 2017 Jul 08, Mr Anderson wrote   
   > (in article):   
   >    
   > > While designing my universe ship to ship combat, I had a thought, how well   
   > > could the jamming and other EW systems work in space? I imagine there would   
   > > be a significant boost of power needed to match the long distances, but   
   could   
   > > you make science fictional "they are jamming our signals, we can't alert   
   the   
   > > rest of the Fleet!" possible? Or could they make the enemy targeting   
   systems   
   > > so innacurate that the battles would have to be fought on closer distances   
   > > than the weapons would permit?   
   >    
   > Jamming would last right up until a nice little ARM homed on the jammer and    
   > dumped a bucket of sunshine.   
   >    
   > And while omnidirectional signals might get jammed, highly directional ones,    
   > such as a modulated maser, are highly resistant outside interference. Point    
   > the maser at a known, distant, relay point and let the relay do the ‘alert    
   > the fleet’ broadcast.   
      
   If the enemy can detect where the maser is going, could they shine at the same   
   spot to blind out the real signal?    
      
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