Message posted by Jose on June 15, 2001 at 13:10:45 PST:
From Black-Triangle E-Group Cell Phone Towers Can Expose Stealth Bombers British researchers are claiming mobile phone masts could render stealth Peter Lloyd, from the research laboratory's sensor department, says the
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bombers obsolete. The ì1.4 billion (dollar) planes are virtually impossible
to detect using conventional radar systems. But scientists at Roke Manor
Research in Hampshire claim to have discovered a way of pinpointing a
plane's position by tapping into mobile phone networks.
system uses special aerials to track distortions present in mobile phone
calls. Mobile phones pose a threat to the planes because calls sent between
masts bounce off the underside of the aircraft. Lloyd says he cannot discuss
the technique in any more detail because "it is a classified matter".
(NFA/WNWCAN/PDD)
In Reply to: Mobile phones may foil stealth bombers posted by Mr. JR on June 12, 2001 at 17:41:05 PST:
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