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EW Europe: SATCOM intercept challenges

10th May 2016 - 11:14 GMT | by Tim Fish in Rotterdam

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In remote border areas where there are fewer landline or cell phone towers, tactical satellite interception may prove useful.

Nevertheless, satellite interception is different when compared to surface interception, according to an official at a European communications company.

On the surface a cell phone is connected to a mast and it is relatively easy to locate which one the cell phone is connected to, the official explained.

‘It is different with satellite phones,’ he said, ‘Because they do not care about physical borders.’

Illegal operations in border areas often include organised crime, trafficking, smuggling and terrorist activities but because of

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Tim Fish is a special correspondent for Shephard Media. Formerly the editor of Land Warfare …

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