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How powerful would a malicious transmitter need to be in order to overpower the legitimate ILS signal?


If you got it close enough you could probably do it with a pretty low power transmitter. (Radio on a drone or something)


You'd need to be out by the transmitter in the middle of the airfield though to truely spoof it.


If you flew low at night I think you'd have a decent chance of getting a drone to the right location. You'll need either a decent setup or a decent position to control it though.

Although as others have mentioned, if you're trying to crash a plane or cause a disruption at the airport there's easier ways. Including just flying the drone over the runway (to close an airport).




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