Helicopter to block mobile calls in Sydney

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Interesting news has emerged this afternoon about a plan to block mobile phone calls during US President George W. Bush’s trip to Australia.

Conjecture around the phone-jamming helicopter has arisen as a result of its appearance in attendance on Mr Bush at the 2005 APEC summit in South Korea. Reporters covering the conference said that a Black Hawk chopper would shadow the presidential motorcade, and as it passed overhead mobile phones would lose touch with the local network.

More at the Sydney Daily Telegraph.