Communications Disruption - PART 1
Ξ May 10th, 2008 | → | ∇ Blog |
A few months ago, two submarine cable breaks under the Mediterranean, caused global Internet problems. While it wasn’t felt much in the United States, it brought some countries to a stand still. It got me to thinking; how would one bring communications to a halt world wide.
There are three methods in which voice and data transactions can transpire across the globe. Submarine communications cable, Communications Sattellite and, less popular High Performance Radio Frequency Transmitters.
This is a list of the Sub Marine Cables: here . I can’t imagine that it would take all the much to create disruption in places like this (Cable Landing Points).
This is a list of Satellite Orbits: here.
Like Cell phone towers, you can jam satellite and radio communications through flooding the frequencies in which the operate, with white noise. Powerful radios would have to be placed in strategic locations around the world. This of course would be expensive. Additionally, the radios could be quickly discovered. The closer to the source, the more powerful the signal. Satellites are also subject to hackers. Devices in space, need to have an interface to which they can be communicated with, Note this article: here
The real trick would be coordination. The plot would need to be carried out by a great number of people at once.
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