XPost: sci.military.moderated   
   From: root@mauve.demon.co.uk   
      
   In sci.space.tech Derek Lyons  wrote:   
   > Ian Stirling  wrote:   
   >>In sci.space.tech Derek Lyons  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>    
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   >>> However, there is no evidence of intent behind the jamming, leaving   
   >>> unanswered the question as to 'intentional or accidental'.  Also,   
   >>> there is no apparent advantage to intentional jamming during a raid,   
   >>> which lessens the likelihood that it was intentional.  Given that the   
   >>> phone communicated with other equipment, which then communicated with   
   >>> the satellite, there are two legs vulnerable to interference.   
   >>   
   >>It's not beyond the bounds of possibility that iridium would provide   
   >>an improvised C&C system.   
   >   
   > That's certainly true.  But it's still a long leap from the facts (the   
   > phone stopped working during a raid) to the conclusion reached by the   
   > original poster (the military deliberately jammed the phone).  Given   
   > that the air raids went in behind an ECM/EW 'wall', it's impossible to   
   > discern whether the jamming was intended, or a side effect.   
      
   There is of course the third possibility, that someone phoned iridium,   
   and asked them to turn of Iraq at 3AM Friday for 4 hours.   
      
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