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https://www.businessinsider.com/us-himars-completely-ineffective-against-russian-jamming-report-2024-5

Jamming is a very inexpensive tactic as the software is relatively cheap and it can take out munitions worth tens of thousands of dollars, Defense One reported.

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[-] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 27 points 6 months ago

Shame they didn't have a bachelor in physics to explain how rf signaling works

[-] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 19 points 6 months ago

Don't give them any ideas, they'll start making wire guided himars with comically large spools of wire.

[-] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago
[-] mayo_cider@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago

Although this would provide some infrastructural reparations by leaving fiber optic cable laying everywhere

[-] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago
[-] Gucci_Minh@hexbear.net 5 points 6 months ago

Yes, but only for short range stuff like atgms, I'm imagining a himars with 300km of wire spooled up to avoid nefarious Russian jamming

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