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more about #iraq Killjoy: When the institution first started to fess up about just how extensively we were already using drones, I looked pretty closely for any announcements t... more » Dethzilla: Why don't they just use fricken lasers to transmit the information.... attached to sharks? more » MightyCow: You have to ask yourself how many insurgents have ever seen their landscape from the air at hundreds of miles an hour. It's going to be nearly meanin... more » bitgod: Wait, I call that picture photoshopped! A-10s can't fly above clouds! Not even fog! more » redman042: Un-flippin-believable. I'd expect the military to encrypt EVERYTHING. This flies against everything the military is about. Stuuupppiiiiid! more » nutbastard: so how is this NOT one of the new perks in MW2???? more » Pope John Peeps II: HAY GUYZ hasz anyone heard the one about MILITARY INTELLIGENCE?!?! It's funny because it's an OX MORON. Has anyone posted that yet? Becuz if not: FIRST! more » blash: Heads will roll if they ever find out that Bin Laden escaped because he was beating our intel and we would've had him if our feeds were secure. more » Eagles301256: As an Army Infantryman that has worked with JTACs and UAVs, I think I can shed a little light on this situation. First off, let me say that this is n... more » ripfire: "Oops"? Or is it a way to spread misinformation? more » Tully Mars: Actually, it ALMOST makes sense for ROVER feeds to be unencrypted. That way, an Army or Marine ground unit can receive data from any airborne US asse... more » mmmiles: If you're watching the feed from an A-10 Warthog, and you see something you recognize, it's probably already too late. more » weatherman: I don't see how the ability to eavesdrop on live video streams from airplanes could not be a significant strategic risk. And if this is true, it has t... more » gunluva is prepared to drop.: Why isn't this a MW2 perk, or something? It'd be awesome to hack someone's Predator missile away from them, if you're quick on the draw. Or their UAV ... more » drsquirrel: This satellite software has been around for ages, in other forms too. What is the scary part, is why are the feeds not encrypted, at least encrypted ... more » crackel: I love how when it's time to prosecute or comment on a politician's actions, "American lives were put at stake, National Security blah blah 9-11 blah.... more » crackel: Military IT requirements and rules are so complex and convoluted that people spent the majority of their time gathering signatures and complying with ... more » Archie-Tekt: Thats what you get when you use Password123 more » Jsembower: Because you cannot replace attack pilots. Fail. more » correnos001: Please, military, stop spending my tax money on toilet seats and start spending it on decent IT! Stuff like this seems to show that much of the govern... more » -
#militaryintelligence
Insurgents' $26 Drone Video Hack Works On Almost Every Military Plane
So, Iraqi insurgents found a way to hack into Predator drones' unencrypted video feeds with cheap Windows shareware. Ridiculous? Obviously! But also kind of minor—the story was more embarrassing than alarming; a gaffe, not a disaster. Then, this. More » -
#war
Iraqi Militants Hack $4.5m Predator Drones With $26 Windows Shareware
Today, in terrifying things about the world: Iraqi militants have been able to intercept video feeds from Predator surveillance drones with a simple Windows app. To rephrase, an iconic symbol of American military superiority can be foiled by, oh, anyone. More » -
#pseudoscience
The Bomb-Sniffing Gadget That's (Definitely Not) Saving Iraq
The promise of the ADE 651 is seductive: a handheld detector, which susses out bombs, guns, drugs, and human bodies from up to a kilometer away. And the Iraqi military swears by it! One problem: It doesn't seem to work. More » -
#military
Pilot-less Drone Makes First Kill Ever
Scratch another one on the checklist for Humanity's ultimate self-destruction. A Warrior-Alpha drone from the US Army's Odin Task Force fired against enemy forces with no pilot. The Predator variant was controlled by plain soldiers: More » -
#insanity
007-Gadget-Filled Superyacht For Sale, One Insane Owner: Saddam
For a cheap-at-half-the-price sum of just $30million you could be the owner of the Basra Breeze—a 270-foot superyacht that Bond himself, or perhaps, more fittingly, a Bond-style supervillain would be proud of. Why? Because as well as your standard superyacht golden faucets, the Breeze has a helicopter landing deck, and a bullet-proof atrium. More » -
#wargadgets
First Fully-Unmanned Machine Combat in History Heralds Robotic Apocalypse
For the first time in history, an unmanned machine has engaged and destroyed another unmanned machine in real combat. It sounds like science fiction, but it happened a week ago in Iraq, when a MQ-9 Reaper killed a remote controlled vehicle carrying a bomb. More » -
