Talk:Meaconing

Etymology

What is the origin of the word 'meaconing' ...?

Karl gregory jones (talk) 22:18, 10 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The OED states it to be a contraction of the phrase "masking beacon", coined by the RAF in WW2; and the earliest public usage of the term in material written by Churchill in 1949 ( though the page states itself to be "DRAFT ENTRY June 2010" so may be subject to change... )

86.25.122.25 (talk) 21:39, 30 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

See here: List of World War II electronic warfare equipment — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.7.147.13 (talk) 09:08, 18 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Merge proposal

I suggest this article be merged into spoofing attack as this has become a much more common term for what is essentially the same thing. siafu (talk) 20:11, 19 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]