The U.S. Army Aviation should employ COIN aircraft like the unhackable OV-10 instead of hackable UAVs.
Posted on 12/17/2009 3:55:44 PM PST by Petruchio
WASHINGTON – Insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan have hacked into live video feeds from Predator drones, a key weapon in a Pentagon spy system that serves as the military's eyes in the sky for surveillance and intelligence collection.
Though militants could see the video, there is no evidence they were able to jam the electronic signals from the unmanned aerial craft or take control of the vehicles, a senior defense official said Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence issues.
Obtaining the video feeds can provide insurgents with critical information about what the military may be targeting, including buildings, roads and other facilities.
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“Obtaining the video feeds can provide insurgents with critical information ...” Well then, I’m sure the bastard-in-chief will see to it they get this data a.s.a.p., to be fair don’tchaknow.
The U.S. Army Aviation should employ COIN aircraft like the unhackable OV-10 instead of hackable UAVs.
Some cordless home phones have encrypted feedback and Pentagon, inc. doesn’t run their drones with encryption? UNREAL.
scrambling/encryption only cost $25 a shot- these terror guys actually go to college n flight school- you`know= -we are not dealng with idiots y`know -if DOD had any brains they uplink it to SATCOM and jump/triple scramble it via microwave-
The hackers were unavailable for comment...they were attending a state dinner at the White House...
Maybe we let them see what we WANTED them to see ...
I’m just sayin’ ...
Great plane. GREAT plane...seemed very capable...
DARPA should award the insurgents $40,000. /sarc
The DOD should hire them to teach basic OPSEC to people who should know better.
Maybe we let them see what we WANTED them to see ...
Might be more effective if the muzzies get to watch the missle come down the stovepipe of the mud hut they are lurking in.
As soon as we realized this, we should have immediately started broadcasting “dummy” drone footage on those same frequencies, so those morons would be intercepting false drone info. This would be simple to do, and could give us the opportunity to make them think we were searching somewhere insignificant... making them come out of hiding and then *WHAMMO*
Give them a chance to say “All at snackbar” one more time before they go to pieces.
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18 December 2009
“EXCELLENT!”
SNIPPET: “You can’t feed the opposition bogus video feeds until they start intercepting the video feeds.”
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