Comment Missing the point - "Internet" brought down F-117? (Score 1) 309
I think that we are missing the point of the US taking this action when we only talk about information that was coming out of Yugoslavia. Especially considering the fact that the action seemed specifically designed to stop traffic going INTO Yugoslavia.
I think that the underlying reason for this action is the info going INTO Yugoslavia from those people opposed to the NATO campaign. Specifically, information pertaining to NATO military activity, such as plane launces.
It has even been theorized that this was how they managed to shoot down a F-117 "stealth" fighter, by calculating it's trajectory based on e-mail reports of when it was launched, other physical sightings, what direction it was heading and then calculating what time it would arrive and then launching a missle to hit it.
This has also been given as a reason why some of NATO's prime targets were actually evacuated minutes before they were hit, because they had advanced warning that it was coming via e-mail.
I know first hand that war is not a laughing matter, but I can't help but find humor in the fact that the billion dollar NATO war machine has been rendered practically ineffective by a bunch of low-tech observers e-mailing ahead what they have seen. Especially effective when these pbservers are positioned close to military bases and can thus witness all launch activity.
I guess this gives new meaning to the terms electronic/information warfare, one that NATO probably hadn't counted on. Too bad for NATO that cutting off US feeds won't solve their problem, because as others have said, the internet was designed to route around such things.
I think that the underlying reason for this action is the info going INTO Yugoslavia from those people opposed to the NATO campaign. Specifically, information pertaining to NATO military activity, such as plane launces.
It has even been theorized that this was how they managed to shoot down a F-117 "stealth" fighter, by calculating it's trajectory based on e-mail reports of when it was launched, other physical sightings, what direction it was heading and then calculating what time it would arrive and then launching a missle to hit it.
This has also been given as a reason why some of NATO's prime targets were actually evacuated minutes before they were hit, because they had advanced warning that it was coming via e-mail.
I know first hand that war is not a laughing matter, but I can't help but find humor in the fact that the billion dollar NATO war machine has been rendered practically ineffective by a bunch of low-tech observers e-mailing ahead what they have seen. Especially effective when these pbservers are positioned close to military bases and can thus witness all launch activity.
I guess this gives new meaning to the terms electronic/information warfare, one that NATO probably hadn't counted on. Too bad for NATO that cutting off US feeds won't solve their problem, because as others have said, the internet was designed to route around such things.
