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11/03/09
"All active electronic devices, including wireless receivers used to trigger to IEDs - radiate electronic energy, and US researchers have developed ways to detect and identify such devices based on these "unintentional" emissions."
I'm damned glad that we are getting tech like this into service. I've had too many friends injured/killed from (comparatively) stone aged tech overseas. Hope this works as well as advertised. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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In my book a receiver is passive and can't be detected, less getting its "electromagnetic emissions associated". What's next? warp drive?... #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
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11/03/09
While it would be bad form for me to mention exactly how it works, it is within the safety briefings that troops of many countries are given. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
11/03/09
It's similar to the way the VG-2 "radar detector detector" works - it listens for frequencies emitted by your radar detector as it listens for radar, and alerts the police that you have a radar detector in the car. #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
11/03/09
DARPA.... get to work on it! #unmannediedsniffinghelicopter
11/02/09
The smaller the gadget the bigger the frackin remote! WTF? #remotecontrol
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11/01/09
I like that they resorted to the old advertising standby. "If Boba Fett likes it, people will buy it." It's a little known fact that Fett is the reason that Cobblestone Kitchen's Strawberry Daiquiri Mix is a household name. #remotecontrol
09/17/09
When the plane goes "lost link" (losses contact with the pilot) it follows what is known as an "Emergency Mission" which is merely a pathway back to base marked by a series of checkpoints. If the aircraft regains link, (even for a split second) it goes back to flying it's operational mission until it losses link again. Once it losses link again it'll start the emergency mission over again (if it hadn't been updated since it last regained link) starting back at checkpoint number one.
There's a good chance that it had gone lost link, started it's emergency mission and started heading home and then at some point regained link for a moment and then lost it again, thus causing it to turn around and start the emergency mission once again. This is usually a bad scenario because having had to restart it's emergency mission it may not have had enough fuel to complete the emergency mission a second time before making it back to base, thus an imminent crash was coming. The Air Force would rather shoot the plane down (thus destroying all the equipment on the plane) than let it crash and be retrieved by the Afghanistan government or military. The technology is valuable and one that sets the U.S. above all others in military warfare, it must be protected.
09/15/09
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09/15/09
I am panicking!!
What will happen when it starts fighting back?
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I mean this thing is not designed to autonomously select and attack targets right?
Without a human operator it's just a nice RC gadget that can autonomously maintain altitude and fly back home, sometimes?
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