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.

  • mayo_cider [he/him]
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    1 month ago

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

    • Gucci_Minh [he/him]
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      1 month ago

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

        • mayo_cider [he/him]
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          1 month ago

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

        • Gucci_Minh [he/him]
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          1 month 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