Do airlines still fly NDB approaches?
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Fair enough. Didn't even realise the thing came fitted with an NDB. I know a few of the A330s didn't which caused a few issues when first operating into DPS WRT alternate fuel when there was could below the LSALT of about 10,000'.
Terrorist battle zone is planet Earth...
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Well Gate 15L, "the active local denial of GPS signals" appears to have worked in the recent Hezbollah GPS guided drone (UAV/UAS) flight into Israel... plus a couple of F16's fireing missles helped. The big problem seems to have been that the worlds best air defence system didn't see the drone until it flew over land. I'm sure Hezbollah noted the very expensive problems their cheap little drone caused so we can expect more - lots more, anywhere on the planet including Australia. What will we do in Australia when the GPS guided drones start flying in over the coast......
Of note for what to expect in future drone attacks anywhere on the planet - it appears there were no earth link or mobile phone link for the drone attack and they still dont know the launch site - the drone just wandered in from the sea following a pre-programmed GPS provided flight path.
Further note - During the recent Hamas Israely shin-ding the Israely's took out eight known Hamas drone assembly facilitys before the drones were used. The Israely's believe the destroyed Hamas drones were a mixture of surveillance and attack drones.
GPS - the best tool for terrorists ever invented...
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extract via Gate 15L #34;
US Presidential Policy on GPS is for active local denial of GPS signals for Hostile forces within the battle zone, without disrupting civilian and commercial uses...
US Presidential Policy on GPS is for active local denial of GPS signals for Hostile forces within the battle zone, without disrupting civilian and commercial uses...
Of note for what to expect in future drone attacks anywhere on the planet - it appears there were no earth link or mobile phone link for the drone attack and they still dont know the launch site - the drone just wandered in from the sea following a pre-programmed GPS provided flight path.
Further note - During the recent Hamas Israely shin-ding the Israely's took out eight known Hamas drone assembly facilitys before the drones were used. The Israely's believe the destroyed Hamas drones were a mixture of surveillance and attack drones.
GPS - the best tool for terrorists ever invented...
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Had to do the RWY 16 NDB in anger, in Melbourne about 3 weeks ago - ILS was out, 27 was out and the poor old 73-300's don't have a GPS we can use for RNAV approaches. To answer the question, yes it still happens.
