Cross posted from https://lemmy.ml/post/50938865
It Appears That the US Military Accidentally Killed Everybody on Board a Civilian Medevac Flight in New Mexico
https://futurism.com/science-energy/us-military-gps-jamming-signal-medical-flight
https://futurism.com/science-energy/us-military-gps-jamming-signal-medical-flight
Cross posted from https://lemmy.ml/post/50938865
13 Comments
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 59 pts · 30d
Why on earth did they bury this as the last paragraph instead of addressing it as the subject? The systemic failure is the story here - GPS jamming exercises are common in the US and have been since the system was established, but only under the current admin have we suddenly seen the collapse of US air traffic control and the removal any sort of inter-agency coordination.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 29d
Musk told him ai could do it so he's demanding that. Ai is nowhere near ready to take over air traffic control. So doge fired most of our already spread thin air traffic control and now there's shit like this. There have been others and there will be more. It's buried at the end because the media is complicit and trying to hide Trump's failures.
cheers_queers@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 29d
dont let anyone you love fly in the US.
certified_expert@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 29d
Well, that's awkward...
kent_eh@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 28d
Or even transit through US controlled airspace.
potatopotato@sh.itjust.works · 36 pts · 30d
So if I use encryption on a ham band everyone loses their mind but the military pumping out kilowatts of noise on the GPS bands more or less whenever is totally fine?
Willy@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 30d
You’ll also be surprised to learn they can explode people with bombs and you can’t do that without many repercussions either.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 30d
I dunno.....it worked for the unibomber for a while.
Until suddenly it didn't.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 29d
You gotta understand the inmates are running the asylum. Whatever the worst choice is, bet they'll make it.
minorkeys@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 30d
Until you can do something about it, yeah, that's the norm.
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 30d
That has me wondering who was in the medevac flight, tbh.
mrdown@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 29d
Accidently? I doubt it
ArmchairAce1944@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 29d
With Pete Kegsbreath in charge he was probably drunk and thought it was a cool party trick.
Also killing medical personal, something that was unspeakable before, is apparently standard procedure now for these dweebs.