IP: More spectrum for military!!??

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Dave,
> An article listed below
>
> http://www.msnbc.com/news/607031.asp
>
> by MSNBC would indicate to me that the military would not allow the auctioning
> of valuable spectrum off to meet the wireless industries needs. Communications
> for the military has always been and always will be too valuable for this kind
> of wholesale auction.
>
>                       "China's emerging IW capability was first
>                       detected during an October 1998 exercise
>                       conducted in the Lanzhou Military Region in the
>                       far west of China, where an electronic
>                       "confrontation" was simulated, including
>                       reconnaissance, interference and destruction.
>                       Chinese engineers are also known to have
>                       conducted experiments in introducing viruses
>                       into adversaries' computer systems from long
>                       distances via wireless means".
>
> also,
>
>                       "This turns unassuming aircraft like the Navy
>                       EP-3 into cutting-edge weapons. They are able
>                       to get closer to intelligence targets than satellites
>                       or land stations, positioning themselves in what
>                       one signals intelligence expert calls the "antenna
>                       alleys" and "side-lobes" of adversary systems -
>                       that is, the areas where microwave and other
>                       signals traverse the air and might be able to be
>                       intercepted".
>                              "For now, the United States is the only
>                       country with the computer capabilities and
>                       resources to put all of the pieces together".
>
> This new warfare will demand additional spectrum and a lot of it. I actually
> think that the military will be asking for more.



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