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==In Popular Culture== |
==In Popular Culture== |
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In the film ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', meaconing of the [[GPS]] signal is used to send a [[Royal Navy]] [[Type 23 Frigate|frigate]] off course. |
In the film ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]'', meaconing of the [[GPS]] signal is used to send a [[Royal Navy]] [[Type 23 Frigate|frigate]] off course. |
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In the novel and miniseries of the [[John J. Nance]] novel ''[[Pandora's Clock]]'', an attempt to warn the airliner about an impending attack is summarily dismissed as meaconing. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 16:57, 2 May 2010
Meaconing is the interception and rebroadcast of navigation signals. These signals are rebroadcast on the received frequency to confuse enemy navigation. Consequently, aircraft or ground stations are given inaccurate bearings. Meaconing is more of a concern to personnel in navigation ratings than to radio operators. However, communications transmitters are often used to transmit navigation signals. Since communications personnel operate the transmitters, they must know how to deal with any communications problems resulting from meaconing.
Successful meaconing can cause: Aircraft to be lured into "hot" (ambush-ready) landing zones or enemy airspace, ships to be diverted from their intended routes, bombers to expend ordnance on false targets, or ground stations to receive inaccurate bearings or position locations.
Acronym
- MIJI (Meaconing, Intrusion, Jamming, and Interference)
In Popular Culture
In the film Tomorrow Never Dies, meaconing of the GPS signal is used to send a Royal Navy frigate off course.
In the novel and miniseries of the John J. Nance novel Pandora's Clock, an attempt to warn the airliner about an impending attack is summarily dismissed as meaconing.