Combating Satellite Terrorism, DIY Style

[Big Booger]

Some members of the air force get together to study how to take out American Satellites using homebrewed gear, a little engineering and lots of MacGyver-like magic.

A little excerpt:
“We demonstrated that a few unsophisticated guys with a few thousand dollars’ worth of equipment could interfere with a seriously sophisticated satellite system,” says John Holbrook, Space CHOP’s program manager. “If we had turned on full power, we would’ve knocked [the system] out.”

Read the rest:
Popular Mechanics (http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/military_law/4205155.html)

[cash_site]

wow... a good experiment.. however, i think there are many redundant systems in place ;)

[Big Booger]

wow... a good experiment.. however, i think there are many redundant systems in place ;)

I thought so too until I read this:

Space CHOP was formed in 1999, and one of its earliest experiments used a UHF generator and a small amplifier purchased from an electronics store. The team pieced together an antenna out of copper wire, PVC piping and other easily obtained materials. (The Air Force won’t elaborate on Space CHOP hardware or targets.) By aiming the antenna at the sky and turning on just a few milliwatts of power, the team showed it could block signals from a military communications satellite.

“We demonstrated that a few unsophisticated guys with a few thousand dollars’ worth of equipment could interfere with a seriously sophisticated satellite system,” says John Holbrook, Space CHOP’s program manager. “If we had turned on full power, we would’ve knocked [the system] out.”