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Topic started on 2-11-2004 @ 07:44 AM by jeeze louise
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The U.S. Air Force quietly has put into service a new weapon designed to jam enemy satellite communications, a significant step toward U.S. control of space.

www.cnn.com...

The so-called Counter Communications System was declared operational late last month at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the Air Force Space Command said Friday in e-mailed replies to questions from Reuters.

The ground-based jammer uses electromagnetic radio frequency energy to knock out transmissions on a temporary and reversible basis, without frying components, the command said.

"A reversible effect ensures that during the time of need, the adversary's space-based capability to threaten our forces is diminished," said Capt. Angie Blair, a spokeswoman. "Following the time of need, the space-based capabilities used by the adversary can return to its original state."

I wonder if this has power to jam weapons too? Was why this released so quietly? Something like this should make headline news. I guess the focus is on the elections right now, it could have been planned this way because of the war on terror, but I would this this weapon has far greater implications than the article eludes to.
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