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Notification of GPS Jamming trials 18-29 October. The trials will be carried out by QinetiQ on behalf of the MoD. Land based jammers will be located within a 3 mile radius of 515934N 0033943W within the Sennybridge Training Area, Powys, Wales.

The trials should not cause interference to other land based of airbourne navigation systems.

 

Happy Caching

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Press Release: 1 Apr 2005

 

The Ministry of Defence has asked a private security agency to

conduct tests of a new GPS jamming technology.

 

The test will be carried out by DETHRO (the Defence Engineering

Technology and something-beginning-with-H Research Organisation)

which is privately owned by certain people. The project is expected to

last ten years, and has a budget of £120,000,000 pounds (Sterling).

 

DETHRO's Director of Bonkers Projects, Mike Taxhaven said: “It has

long been known by people such as ramblers and geocachers, that

the most effective barriers to the GPS satellite signal are, trees.”

 

The agency plans to release layers of dead leaves (called “layers”)

into the troposphere. The leaves will be carried into the air in a

specially modified C130 Hercules aircraft which has been

specially modified.

 

The experiment has been criticised by Railtrack, who are worried that

the wrong sort of leaves could land on railway lines, causing massive

disruption. A Railtrack spokesman commented: “ It's our job to cause

massive disruption – we don't need any help from DETHRO.”

 

During Commons questions yesterday, Secretary of State, Geoff Loon

said: “It is the policy of the Government to waste public money at

every opportunity. I am confident that this new initiative will be a

keystone benchmark point-of-reference soundbite in this continuing

endeavour.”

 

The Geocaching Association of Great Britain could not be contacted for

a reaction.

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Press Release:  1 Apr 2005

 

The Ministry of Defence has asked a private security agency to

conduct tests of a new GPS jamming technology.

 

...

 

The experiment has been criticised by Railtrack

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I don't think this press release is accurate.

 

Surely it's Notwork Rail now not Railtrack? B)

 

B)

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