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TheHeretic -> RE: SkyGrabber: hack of US drones shows how quickly insurgents adapt / The Christian Science Monitor (12/17/2009 10:44:54 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic
Interesting stuff, I wonder why there is a big thing of it being made now, if they are encrypting stuff and have been for a while, what makes it "newsworthy"? Am I missing something? is this just released information?am I sposed to say, that damned dumb Bush?? nope sorry not gonna, not gonna mention ..shhhh you know whoeither
Could be anything, Lucy. A Pentagon that is about to ask for more money for our next generation of unmanned equipment might have a reason to let such info out. It could also be just another masturbatory attempt at a Bush bash. Maybe it was a slow news day, and somebody pulled an old story off the spike to cover a cancelled ad.
The "hope for the best" approach might have been the best decision for the circumstances. These things aren't cheap. They don't last forever. Do we spend the money upgrading the current fleet, or build the fixes into following models and the new designs on the drawing board?
At the same time, we should never forget that this is a smart enemy (how many learned their engineering in US schools, I wonder). If we are going to be killing them by remote control, keeping a mighty tight grip on the frequency and data links is going to be critical.
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