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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:42 AM Original message |
Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. May Vic Morrow forgive me, but I do love it so. |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. Cheap Exocet missile takes out aircraft carrier n/t |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:48 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. the U.S. military found pirated drone video feeds on other militant laptops |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. half the US budget is spent on the military and it can be defeated for 29.95 lol nt |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 02:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
64. 19 guys with boxcutters.... |
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madmx19790 (36 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
69. something's definitely fishy |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
3. If this isn't a joke, it should be. |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 09:12 AM Response to Reply #3 |
37. bandwidth issue... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 10:37 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. That works both ways. |
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nebenaube (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #40 |
45. actually, I'm not sure that is completely true. |
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More_liberal_than_mo (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #37 |
62. Encryption only adds a 1/4 sec |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. Iranian-backed insurgents trained and funded by Iranians in Iran |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:50 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Send in the drones! |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Isn't it rich? Isn't it clear? |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
31. The president of Iraq is one of Iran's biggest allies |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. Why the hell would you make a military piece of hardware |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Read my mind. No idea. Unless it's totally made up or not what it seems. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
66. It was designed to use encryption |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, you have to have funding from Iran. No independent could afford $26 for the software. . . |
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Goldstein1984 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
7. Too funny |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
9. Any bets that they spend sixty bucks and are able to jam the encrypted frequencies |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:54 AM Response to Original message |
11. They can be taken out with handheld laser pointers too. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 10:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
41. I certainly hope that's sarcasm. nt |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
12. Mussolini's armies were defeated by spear armed Ethiopians |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. People, not weapons, are decisive in war. |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 01:50 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. That's why it's very important to reduce the poverty in Afghanistan |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. coupla questions |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
17. Further proof that our military is designed to fail, just so the Treasury can be emptied into some |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
18. This is the most asinine thing I have ever read about our military. |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 02:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. Jesus, ssh tunneling isn't that complicated guys. |
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lapfog_1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:12 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Plenty of cheap Open source cypto hardware support for ssh |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:49 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. How can they know how to build an unmanned warplane |
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conspirator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
70. There is one valid reason not to encrypt: time lag. |
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cowcommander (679 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:26 AM Response to Original message |
21. Sounds like they never expected the insurgents to have the smarts to hack them in the first place |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:36 AM Response to Original message |
22. ! |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:39 AM Response to Original message |
23. Get those SkyGrabber folks for bypassing sanctions. |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:44 AM Response to Original message |
24. A cheap, off-the-shelf civilian solution would make that a lot more difficult. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. Technological FAIL. |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:18 AM Response to Original message |
26. Epic fail...makes you wonder just who is minding the store. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Gates, as Secretary of Defense under Bush and Obama, for one. And other idiots. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
27. This is what happens when you subcontract everything. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:36 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Our government has known about the flaw since the 1990's, so don't blame subcontracting. |
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slampoet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
63. Anyone that isn't a research institution uses off the shelf tech = Easy to hack. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:30 AM Response to Original message |
28. Please say the wsj reprinted this from The Onion. The reason Clinton SHOULD have been impeached, |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. How to plant an IED without being detected: |
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RantinRavin (423 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
35. How do you "hack" something |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Right, there was no hacking here |
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BrightKnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
46. It is gross incompetence that any IT half-wit could and would fix. - n/t |
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tomm2thumbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
38. why not just run a live-feed of the planning meetings - this is ridiculous stupidity |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
39. "I've always believed that the mind is the best weapon." -- John J. Rambo |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
43. , |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-17-09 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
44. the punchline will be when the contractor charges the pentagon billions for upgrades |
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Earth_First (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Original message |
47. $26 Software Is Used to Breach Key Weapons in Iraq |
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groundloop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. OOPS !!!! |
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WyldRogue (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Billions to the War Complex... |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. I'm sure we'll deploy a fix in a year or two. (nt) |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:47 PM Response to Reply #50 |
74. The fix is on the way. Bushco dropped the ball on this one. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. I still call bullshit on this. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. But it could be a good excuse for other errors like bombing wedding parties n/t |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #51 |
59. You call bullshit on the air force describing a long-known security hole? (nt) |
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More_liberal_than_mo (192 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. It doesn't take a rocket scientist |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Deleted sub-thread |
T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
54. If this glitch leads to a halt in the use of these drones to murder civilians, I applaud the |
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Prospero1 (52 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. Just another example..... |
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ConcernedCanuk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
57. EVENTUALLY - someone is gonna learn to redirect these drones |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:13 AM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Oh I don't know ... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 03:51 AM Response to Reply #47 |
58. Still too expensive! Some of those militants are poor -- they can't afford $26, |
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4_TN_TITANS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-18-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
61. don't you love the automatic inference to Iran |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
65. OMFG. |
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ShortnFiery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. No, it's more like "Pride Goeth Before the Fall" type idiocy. We want to SPEND all the money |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #67 |
68. I believe you're right. |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
71. If this is true ... |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #71 |
73. My bet is it's just another example of Bushco's deliberate incompetence. |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-19-09 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
72. "Iranian-backed insurgents" |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-20-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
75. Hmmm... Encyption? I dunno... |
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