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The U.S. military is worryingly dependent on GPS. Our global positioning satellites tell planes where they are, provide targeting info for smart weapons, and support communication and navigation systems. But in a war with a tech-advanced adversary—think China, Russia, or Iran—GPS could become a big liability because it could be jammed, spoofed, or outright destroyed.

The blackout won't be quite as precise as America's precision fighters, though. GPS could be knocked out for adjacent airspace as well, potentially disrupting airliners and private planes in portions of Nevada, California, Arizona, and Utah. Affected civilian aircraft will have to turn to other onboard radio or inertial navigation system (INS) or rely on air traffic control radar vectors.

This isn't the Air Force's first self-imposed blackout, having previously turned off GPS during Red Flag exercises in Alaska. The Air Force tells Popular Mechanics that there will be "little to no effect" for civilian aircraft. And yet the fact that there could be a disruption of civil GPS service in the continental U.S. shows the increasing importance of training for a GPS-less scenario.

CID1990 wrote:Well overdue for this kind of gaming.

Congress is also well overdue for an infrastructure project geared towards grid security

93henfan wrote:We need a force field that will bounce away a large meteor.

And a better perforator for toilet paper. I hate when I don't get a perfect edge during tear-off.

93henfan wrote:I'm a paper over the top guy (the only correct way, of course), and there is still the occasional diagonal tear.

It's unnerving.

Hear my cry.

Better perforation, Charmin Ultra Soft. Do it.

93henfan wrote:I'm a paper over the top guy (the only correct way, of course), and there is still the occasional diagonal tear.

It's unnerving.

Hear my cry.

Better perforation, Charmin Ultra Soft. Do it.

93henfan wrote:I'm a paper over the top guy (the only correct way, of course), and there is still the occasional diagonal tear.

It's unnerving.

Hear my cry.

Better perforation, Charmin Ultra Soft. Do it.

HI54UNI wrote:

93henfan wrote:I'm a paper over the top guy (the only correct way, of course), and there is still the occasional diagonal tear.

It's unnerving.

Hear my cry.

Better perforation, Charmin Ultra Soft. Do it.

There is your problem.

93henfan wrote:The Air Force guys at Red Flag laughed at us (the Marine Corps) when we showed up with laminate boards and grease pencils and mentioned that we do not use radar to control our aircraft in close airspace, but rely on carefully chosen control points and time and altitude separation.

I don't think they're laughing now.

Btw, the substitute for GPS is either men on the ground or a very savvy FAC(A).

93henfan wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:
There is your problem.

You don’t use TP in Iowa?

93henfan wrote:

HI54UNI wrote:
There is your problem.

You don’t use TP in Iowa?

Winterborn wrote:

93henfan wrote:
You don’t use TP in Iowa?

In Iowa these are free. Though they are hell on indoor toilets. Which isn't a problem for most of the states residents.

HI54UNI wrote:

93henfan wrote:
You don’t use TP in Iowa?

I prefer to use TP that wipes my ass clean rather than smear the shit all over like Charmin does.

GannonFan wrote:

93henfan wrote:I'm a paper over the top guy (the only correct way, of course), and there is still the occasional diagonal tear.

It's unnerving.

Hear my cry.

Better perforation, Charmin Ultra Soft. Do it.

If you're an under the bottom guy you're probably a commie. We should get Skelly onto that, because, well, Russia.

HI54UNI wrote:

Winterborn wrote:


In Iowa these are free. Though they are hell on indoor toilets. Which isn't a problem for most of the states residents.

We don't have those anymore. They get made into ethanol now.

GrizFanStuckInUtah wrote:

93henfan wrote:The Air Force guys at Red Flag laughed at us (the Marine Corps) when we showed up with laminate boards and grease pencils and mentioned that we do not use radar to control our aircraft in close airspace, but rely on carefully chosen control points and time and altitude separation.

I don't think they're laughing now.

Btw, the substitute for GPS is either men on the ground or a very savvy FAC(A).

These are not grease pencils.....

Ibanez wrote:

93henfan wrote:I'm a paper over the top guy (the only correct way, of course), and there is still the occasional diagonal tear.

It's unnerving.

Hear my cry.

Better perforation, Charmin Ultra Soft. Do it.

This. Or when the sheets separate. I'm not wiping my ass with 1 ply. I'm not a savage.

CAA Flagship wrote:

Ibanez wrote: This. Or when the sheets separate. I'm not wiping my ass with 1 ply. I'm not a savage.

FINGER FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grizalltheway wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote: FINGER FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's disgusting, CAA Flagship!

CAA Flagship wrote:

Grizalltheway wrote: That's disgusting, CAA Flagship!

OK. It depends on the food. Happy now?