ADS-B and TCAS Disruption

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TCAS, ADS-B Unreliable on East Coast During September | Aerospace News: Aviation International News

came across this,thought it was interesting.

From PilotWeb

FDC 5/2820 (A0897/15) - FL..SPECIAL NOTICE...DUE TO MILITARY ACTIVITIES ON
1030/1090 MHZ, THE TRAFFIC ALERT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEM
(TCAS) AND AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT SYSTEM BROADCAST (ADS-B)
SURVEILLANCE MAY BE UNRELIABLE IN THE AIRSPACE OVER THE STATES OF
VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, AND FLORIDA, AND
EXTENDING APPROXIMATELY 200NM OFFSHORE. SFC-FL500.
PILOTS ARE ADVISED THAT THE TRAFFIC ALERT AND COLLISION AVOIDANCE
SYSTEM (TCAS) MAY FAIL TO ESTABLISH TRACKS ON NEARBY AIRCRAFT AND
MAY FAIL TO RECEIVE TRAFFIC ALERTS (TA) AND/OR RESOLUTION ADVISORIES
(RA). FURTHER, PILOTS ARE ADVISED THAT TRACKS MAY FIRST APPEAR
WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEIR AIRCRAFT AND MAY IMMEDIATELY GO INTO
TA/RA STATUS. FALSE ALERTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE GENERATED BY THIS
MILITARY ACTIVITY AND ANY ALERTS SHALL BE TREATED AS REAL. PILOTS
ARE ADVISED TO MAINTAIN AN INCREASED VISUAL AWARENESS IN THIS AREA.
IF THE PILOT BELIEVES THAT AN AIRCRAFT SHOULD HAVE TRIGGERED AN
ALERT, THE INCIDENCE SHOULD BE REPORTED TO AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT
THE EARLIEST OPPORTUNE MOMENT. 02 SEP 05:00 2015 UNTIL 1510010459. CREATED:
01 SEP 15:15 2015
 

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I saw this on a news site this morning with some commentary from a business aviation group, complaining about the short notice and long duration of the issue for military training.
 

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I can't believe I missed this. I wonder if it is intentional tactical jamming testing because of anyone being able to get ADS-B these days. I also wonder about the ability of bad guys being able to fake conflicts and have planes take "corrective" action not merited causing a real conflict or collision.
 

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Wild West Exercise.

There are major MOAs in these areas, offshore and over the Appalachians.

It forces Mil pilots to practice working IFR all the time on a flight, or to practice using alternate techniques/workarounds for navigation.
This exercise also mimics ECM warfare techniques.
It forces pilots to evaluate erroneous or false data in a real time scenario.

There will be NO dependable 1090 MHz emissions over Russia, Ukraine, or China if a major conflict occurs.
 
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