[topynate]

A similar ITAR restriction on controlled reception pattern antennas means that GPS jamming is still much more of a problem than it needs to be. Three antenna elements are all you get, according to this: https://www.gpsworld.com/toughen-gps-to-resist-jamming-and-s...

[CamperBob2]

Interesting article. I wonder if any progress on the ITAR issue has been made since 2022? If Brad Parkinson can't steer ITAR in the direction of common sense, nobody can. (For those who don't know, he was the principal architect of the original Navstar GPS system.)

[fullspectrumdev]

Nothing can steer ITAR into the direction of sense.

I’ve had to go to extremely ridiculous lengths to buy downlead cables for a headset recently because the cable was deemed ITAR.

[wbl]

I would prefer we not have homemade cruise missiles all over the place. The people who need them can make them after all.

[bigiain]

Apparently the hobby drone racers are doing that now: https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-04-05/how-a-small-c...

And it's certainly not just a recent Ukraine related thing either: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/boffin-builds-backyard-missile...

[numpad0]

Sure, it's getting increasingly easier to just buy China made for ITAR-protected products. Night vision cameras, thermals, drones. They're fine, way more user friendly, often cheaper too.

[fullspectrumdev]

There are now even Gen3 night vision tubes being made in China.

They aren’t quite as good as US made ones yet, but it’s getting pretty close.

[rfrec0n]

To be fair, nobody actually neeeds cruise missles

[non-chalad]

I need some, for mail delivery. Those messages won't send themselves.

[CamperBob2]

When it comes to getting the message across, never underestimate the bandwidth of a W84-equipped GLCM.

[CamperBob2]

Congratulations, you are why we can't have nice things.