NOTAM: GPS Interference Testing in SW US - Military??

[PdxSteve]

Very interesting:

A Notam (PDF) is warning operators of “all aircraft relying on GPS” of widespread GPS outages starting Tuesday throughout the Southwest and especially southern California. Although the FAA doesn’t go into detail, it seems the military is testing something that can disrupt GPS over a huge area, centered on China Lake, California, home of the Navy’s China Lake Naval Weapons Center. On Tuesday, June 7, the FAA is warning that GPS signals down to 50 feet AGL could be “unreliable or unavailable” between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. local time over a radius of 253 nautical miles, which includes the L.A. Basin, Bay area and Las Vegas. There will be further outages of similar potential duration June 9, 21,23, 28 and 30. The circles expand with altitude and at 40,000 feet the interference will affect a circular area of the Southwest 950 nautical miles across, reaching central Oregon, Colorado and New Mexico.

Whatever they are using to disrupt GPS over the entire LA area, LV area and more must be crazy powerful. A circle of 476NM radius? Damn lol.

NOTAM INFO: NAV (CHLK GPS 16-08) GPS (INCLUDING WAAS, GBAS, AND ADSB) MAY NOT BE AVBL WI A 476NM RADIUS CENTERED AT 360822N1173846W (BTY 214059) FL400-UNL DECREASING IN AREA WITH A DECREASE IN ALT DEFINED AS: 432NM RADIUS AT FL250 375NM RADIUS AT 10000FT 340NM RADIUS AT 4000FT AGL 253NM RADIUS AT 50FT AGL

GPS Interference Notam For Southwest - AVweb flash Article

 

[RichWest]

Gee, I hope they know what they are doing....

 

[pyrate]

sort of hard to hide that kind of test

 

[Toiletbowl]

Also asian country affected of those gps disruption?

 

[Pedals2Paddles]

Also asian country affected of those gps disruption?

????

 

[pyrate]

these are fun to watch the conspiracy theroes on
It is a test of a new GPS constelation that will not be blocked, while the conventional GPS will be

The next war is going to be as much about degrading your opponets tech as anything else

 

[cameraguy]

Could this be the way to kill Drone flight world wide?

They have been talking about making GPS proprietary to the US military for a few years. It wasn't intended for civilian use and they said when they replaced it it would be Propriety to the US military.

Maybe some testing.

Maybe we all need to brush up on manual flight.

 

[Toiletbowl]

Could this be the way to kill Drone flight world wide?

They have been talking about making GPS proprietary to the US military for a few years. It wasn't intended for civilian use and they said when they replaced it it would be Propriety to the US military.

Maybe some testing.

Maybe we all need to brush up on manual flight.

i think only u.s continent affected

 

[chadgadget]

From what I saw its in a cone shape, smallest diameter near LV. Then, it grows larger at higher altitudes. There are specific dates and times associated with tests. I assume it has something to do with zombie hords and cancerous metal contrails.

 

[Cosber]

So has anyone had any problems?