SATELLITE signals critical to military operations can be jammed using cheap equipment from home improvement stores and electronics fairs, a US Air Force team has found. Instructions on how to build the jammers were found on the Internet.
The team, dubbed the Space Aggressor Squadron, was set up to look for weak spots in satellite communications and navigation systems by playing the part of a potential enemy. By rummaging around websites, books and magazines, the squadron, which is based near Colorado Springs, monitors how much sensitive information is in the public domain. “We ran a search on the Net and…
