Did some radiofagging and electronic warfare fagging years ago
Was thinking of the DC blackout
People on the interwebz are saying jamming
Much more likely that comms were taken offline
To actively jam a crowd of people you would need vehicles or backpacks so it would be hard to fit in (or maybe the gear has gotten smaller since I was in the game?? Possible/probable)
I wasn't there so maybe there were vehicles with CVRJs MMBJs Dukes or whatever high speed versions they are up to.
Of course, if WiFi and cellular are only what you are targeting mebbe they did have ppl in the crowds with backpack jammers
That is a small area one backpack would effect and you'd need to switch out batteries over the course of the night
Much more likely (IMO) a switch was flipped or a plug pulled to the communications infrastructure
I'm almost positive the public will never know what habbened and how comms went down because muh techniques tactics and procedures need to be kept on the downlow
Just wanted to point out that actively jamming all comms certainly can be done but takes a lot of effort
Much easier to pull the few levers of internet cellular and data.
Anyone know if a land line was working in DC for voice comms?