LadyInBed
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Warship positions faked including UK aircraft carrier.
Warship positions faked including UK carrier - BBC News
Warship positions faked including UK carrier - BBC News
Surely this is only observed when looking via marine traffic etc, on board you would see other boats as normal?
Hey, it worked for Uncle Sam in the "second" Gulf of Tonkin incident.And equally that nice uncle Vlad can claim a ship is in Russian waters and start shooting.
Although, in this case, they'd be shooting at a ship which is not actually there.And equally that nice uncle Vlad can claim a ship is in Russian waters and start shooting.
That doesn't need to matter, if what you are after is a pretext to go on and commit some other act of aggression.Although, in this case, they'd be shooting at a ship which is not actually there.
Richard
Also looking forward to volume 2, "The lies that led to Iraq"I highly recommend Gen H.R. McMaster's excellent book Dereliction of Duty, subtitled "The lies that led to Vietnam."
"Warships in times of tension and war would never use AIS," added Lord West.
Not necessarily. If the warships chose to switch on AIS but broadcast false information, that false information would also appear on the local AIS picked up by VHF.Surely this is only observed when looking via marine traffic etc, on board you would see other boats as normal?
Way out of date. The U.K. National Cyber Security Centre isn't new. Neither are many kinds of electronic warfare.If you read the article it's very clearly a sales pitch to get quite a bit of money from the UK government. Those that understand are clearly already explaining the reality, as quoted in the article:
The problem is that that will be ignored when debated because of various fearmongering to justify a few billion investment. What they want investment in is hard to say as there was a lot of jabber about eLoran and GPS. My guess is a new and shiny UK GPS system that will fail once those involved become wealthy enough.
Cynical? Me?
They do it with aircraft so why not warships?Not necessarily. If the warships chose to switch on AIS but broadcast false information, that false information would also appear on the local AIS picked up by VHF.
Who would have thought it, warships hiding or giving false impressions. Next they will be painting the ships in camouflage colours to aid the deception - or do they already do that?
Or make everything watertight and sneek around underwater ?Who would have thought it, warships hiding or giving false impressions. Next they will be painting the ships in camouflage colours to aid the
Has Russia written all over it