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2026-01-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Musk's Starlink faces high-profile security test in Iran crackdown

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Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-17 03:27|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1858 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

1 How Iran jammed Starlink (and how Iranians are trying to get around it)

Posted by Skidmark 2026-01-17 03:47|| 2026-01-17 03:47|| Front Page Top

2 Despite all the high tech doodad stuff... it still boils down to a radio(microwave) transmitter/receiver. Put out more radiation on its bandwidth than it can you "jam" it. aka loud drunk girls in the next booth talking so much you can't hear your friend sitting next to you.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-01-17 11:15|| 2026-01-17 11:15|| Front Page Top

3 Whatever they do this time will just be counteracted by Musk’s next level of improvements.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-01-17 12:34|| 2026-01-17 12:34|| Front Page Top

4 ^Frequency hopping is how the US helps harden communications against jamming. Also makes it a lot harder for the enemy to triangulate your location from your broadcast.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-01-17 12:49|| 2026-01-17 12:49|| Front Page Top

5 ^ "That's Hedley!"

Posted by Frank G 2026-01-17 14:47|| 2026-01-17 14:47|| Front Page Top

6 That is an appreciated meta joke Frank.

Posted by Omavith Clavigum2304 2026-01-17 17:20|| 2026-01-17 17:20|| Front Page Top

7 Thanks ;-)

Posted by Frank G 2026-01-17 17:39|| 2026-01-17 17:39|| Front Page Top

8 ^ I snortled!

Posted by SteveS 2026-01-17 17:50|| 2026-01-17 17:50|| Front Page Top

9 After Iran did everything it could, they were only able to scramble streaming video/podcasts. Emails texts, and other packets still got through though sometimes out of order. TCP/IP was designed to survive WW III.

Posted by Difar Dave 2026-01-17 18:22|| 2026-01-17 18:22|| Front Page Top

10 #5!

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-01-17 20:44|| 2026-01-17 20:44|| Front Page Top

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