Re: Wireless Internet as Defense Tool
I don't think it's that new an idea, is it? radio Freedom was pumped into East Europe for pretty much this reason.
But to have a use it does require a level of sophistication in the target country: North Korea's radios are hard tuned to the correct station and of course we all know about the Chinese firewall even if it not 100% secure.
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Re: Wireless Internet as Defense Tool
I believe that the level of sophistication in Iran is sufficient.Originally Posted by rory_20_uk
I don't think it's that new an idea, is it? radio Freedom was pumped into East Europe for pretty much this reason.
But to have a use it does require a level of sophistication in the target country: North Korea's radios are hard tuned to the correct station and of course we all know about the Chinese firewall even if it not 100% secure.
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Re: Wireless Internet as Defense Tool
If I get you correctly as in you want to broadcast the internet into countries, then no, it's not really possible.
You cannot just broadcast internet like that, the receivers have to respond, the WLAN adapter of a notebook in teheran doesn't really have the power to send data into the persian gulf and a ship that can get a recognisable WLAN signal from there to Teheran might just fry it's crew or something.
Did you know that a cellphone can heat up your ear by up to one degree celsius? And if I'm not mistaken, their range isn't all that huge either and the data connection can become rather slow.
The internet is different from TV or Radio since it's interactive, if you want to send them TV and radio, you can just as well use satellites but IIRC they're cracking down on satellite dishes, they might just crack down on WLAN signals with your idea, if it would work at all that is.
Ok, now I really pooped on your party I guess.
Last edited by Husar; 06-20-2009 at 00:54.
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Re: Wireless Internet as Defense Tool
I like the concept, and using available resources (the military) to deploy is a winner.
First though, you're gonna hafta get the rest of the world literate; you have about 20% of the world (and much of the currently un-connected world) who can't read a lick in any language.
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Re: Wireless Internet as Defense Tool
They should set up wifi stations along the North Korean border and air drop Blackberrys into the madhatter's paradise....
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Re: Wireless Internet as Defense Tool
Hehe. North Korea is an area where this would not be effective at the moment.
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