Christian Science Monitor: is this a reputable source known for good journalism?
Report: Iran Hacked, Hijacked U.S. Drone
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#42Why not just EMP it to crash it and collect it? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosively_pumped_flux_compres...
Because you want it intact, and don't want its circuitry cooked?
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#43Christian Science Monitor: is this a reputable source known for good journalism?
In spite of the title - Yes. It's a very well written newspaper that I've been reading my whole life.
(My father used to make us read it to him on the way to school even...)
They are well known for being anti-sensationalism. The religion bit has no bearing on the paper except that an article on religion must be in every issue, but they don't attempt to advance/preach the christian scientist faith in any way.
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#44So, they spoofed GPS and jammed the rest of the communications to make it land automatically. Given that there are test transmitters for GPS devices used when consumer devices are being created it's not a surprise that they managed to do this. Not very long ago there was a GPS jamming exercise in the UK done on a military range. I realize that as a Westerner I shouldn't be rooting for the Iranians but if they did spo…
The chances of this machine relying completely on GPS for navigation is closer to none than slim.
I'm not saying the article is completely wrong, just that it's probably missing a giant part of what happened.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
i am also confused about the emphasis on GPS (see my comment), but i would guess that restricting the technology used in these things keeps the price down. GPS is good enough to label images, and probably good enough to guide something flying at a moderate altitude. it may have made more sense to keep these things (relatively) cheap (that also means if they are lost, there is less technology lost too).
It's probably just "failure of imagination" in preventing this hack - inertial navigation tech isn't exactly new (was pioneered in WWII and really came to age building ballistic missile navigation systems) so I doubt cost/classified technology would be a factor. It's just sad because having an intertial navigation system and a GPS system working to agree with each other or else some fallback (inertial homeward bound…
Perhaps they are hoping they can crack the communication channels
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#46So, they spoofed GPS and jammed the rest of the communications to make it land automatically. Given that there are test transmitters for GPS devices used when consumer devices are being created it's not a surprise that they managed to do this. Not very long ago there was a GPS jamming exercise in the UK done on a military range. I realize that as a Westerner I shouldn't be rooting for the Iranians but if they did spo…
There is some more information on GPS jamming at http://www.ausairpower.net/TE-GPS-Guided-Weps.html.
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#47If this is indeed a problem, just put a secure QR code on every runway. Easy enough.
HEY ECHELON
Re: Report: Iran Hacked, Hijacked U.S. Drone
#48So, they spoofed GPS and jammed the rest of the communications to make it land automatically. Given that there are test transmitters for GPS devices used when consumer devices are being created it's not a surprise that they managed to do this. Not very long ago there was a GPS jamming exercise in the UK done on a military range. I realize that as a Westerner I shouldn't be rooting for the Iranians but if they did spo…
Hmm, the GPS signal the military uses is supposed to be encrypted and un-spoofable.
I wonder if Iran cracked it. If so, can the US reset the key easily?
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#49So, they spoofed GPS and jammed the rest of the communications to make it land automatically. Given that there are test transmitters for GPS devices used when consumer devices are being created it's not a surprise that they managed to do this. Not very long ago there was a GPS jamming exercise in the UK done on a military range. I realize that as a Westerner I shouldn't be rooting for the Iranians but if they did spo…
The chances of this machine relying completely on GPS for navigation is closer to none than slim. I'm not saying the article is completely wrong, just that it's probably missing a giant part of what happened.
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#50It is suprising that many americans, for the lack of a better term, seem to be "butthurt" over this event. Look at this news on reddit for example, first it was ridiculed, and speculation was high that it might have been a crash or accident, that the Iranians had luck, and that it in fact never happened, just propaganda. Then the Iranians showed it, and many comments said "its old tech any way". Why the butthurtness?…
Some people on Reddit != All of Reddit.
Reddit != America.