From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Aug 24 2005 - 11:26:30 PDT
most systems are externally activated so you could
ping them.
A smart user would just track the TP containers to
find the convoy routes.
Rick
--- Ryan Gill <rmgill@mindspring.com> wrote:
> At 11:01 AM -0700 8/24/05, Rick v100 wrote:
> >Depends what you see as valauable. Is the military
> >going to GPS every box or trailer that they own.
> >Commercial logistics companies usually GPS the
> trucks
> >and not the trailers due to cost. As the cost comes
> >down then they might implement it.
>
> Given the cost of the assets, $200 worth of hardware
> is pretty trivial.
>
> >Also from a security standpoint I would be
> concerned
> >about all my units having tracking tags using
> probably
> >COTS technology that anyone with a tracker could
> find
> >me.
>
> One security method would be that you'd have 50,000+
> tags generating signals in a given area. What's the
> Command Track you want to hit with the PGM vs what's
> the empty container or the container full of TP.
> Sure, if you hit the TP supply for the day, I'm sure
> a bunch of people would be pissed, but....it doesn't
> do much for your mission. If a unit has gone
> tactical it would be trivial to disable such a
> system.
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