Israel is using widespread GPS tampering to deter Hezbollah's missiles(politico.com)
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Israel is using widespread GPS tampering to deter Hezbollah's missiles
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/23/israels-gps-tampering-deter-hezbollahs-missiles-00123026
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How does GPS spoofing happen, can some explain how the IDF can do this and does it require permission of US Gov?
GPS is a passive system.
The satellites in orbit emit a constant location and identifier signal perceivable from the ground.
A GPS positioning device looks for and reads those signals and then performs a triangulation calculation.
Spoofing these signals means outputting identical but incorrect ones either from your own constellation of satellites or from ground-based arrays/emitters.
Typically military hardware expects a certain level of spoofing and has it's own built-in countermeasures/security checks so effective jamming/spoofing means successfully navigating these countermeasures either through brute force or accurate intelligence.
A GPS positioning device looks for and reads those signals and then performs a triangulation calculation.
Spoofing these signals means outputting identical but incorrect ones either from your own constellation of satellites or from ground-based arrays/emitters.
Typically military hardware expects a certain level of spoofing and has it's own built-in countermeasures/security checks so effective jamming/spoofing means successfully navigating these countermeasures either through brute force or accurate intelligence.