Re: Our Military Is THIS Stupid?

What makes you think the Military actually runs this program...

On Dec 9, 3:52 pm, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Our Military Is THIS Stupid?
> ---
> remember, you're talking about people who will kill and die on command
>
> On Dec 9, 3:18 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > [[  I would not doubt that Obama ordered the military to give Iran the
> > drone. ]]
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> >  http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=198831****
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> > ** **
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> > *Posted 2011-12-08 18:34
> > by Karl Denninger <http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?email-send=genesis>
> > in Musings<http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?blog=Market-Ticker&page=1&cat=Musings>
>
> > *
>
> > Our Military Is THIS Stupid?****
>
> >  ****
>
> > There's this old saying that "*Military Intelligence*" is an oxymoron, but
> > sadly it appears to be
> > true....<http://www.dailytech.com/Quick+Note+Iran+Shows+Off+Images+of+Downed+S...>
> > ****
>
> > According to images from ABC News, the RQ-170 Sentinel*appears to be fully
> > intact* (or at least placed back together after crash landing). This is
> > likely to be a huge concern for the U.S. and represents an even larger
> > technology/security breach than the "stealth helicopter" wreckage recovered
> > during the Bin Laden raid.****
>
> > The obvious conclusion: It didn't crash - it was *captured*.  When was the
> > last time you saw an aircraft that had crashed that was simply "placed back
> > together" like nothing had happened? ****
>
> > Me either.****
>
> > So how did this happen?  Oh, I have a
> > theory.....<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/10/virus-hits-drone-fleet>
> > ****
>
> > A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America's Predator and Reaper
> > drones, logging pilots' every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over
> > Afghanistan and other warzones.****
>
> > The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the military's Host-Based
> > Security System, has not prevented pilots at Creech Air Force Base in
> > Nevada from flying their missions overseas. *Nor have there been any
> > confirmed incidents of classified information being lost or sent to an
> > outside source.* But the virus has resisted multiple efforts to remove it
> > from Creech's computers, network security specialists say. And the
> > infection underscores the ongoing security risks in what has become the
> > U.S. military's most important weapons system.****
>
> > No information being sent outside eh?  You mean like, for instance, *the
> > encryption key for the communications between the drone and the dude or
> > dudette flying it so someone could steal the plane?*****
>
> > I think we have to discard the *claim* that there has been no compromise of
> > classified information being "leaked" as probably false (or worse) at this
> > point and must instead assume that *the entire drone command and control
> > system -- at best -- has in fact been compromised.*****
>
> > After all how else do you wind up with an *apparently intact* drone
> > aircraft other than to steal it while in-flight?****
>
> > I'd call the "assumption" that all was well ridiculously stupid but that
> > would be insulting to mentally compromised individuals.  Stunned doesn't
> > quite fit my reaction to this pair of stories, taken together.****
>
> > Incidentally, if I may ask an inconvenient follow-up question, how certain
> > are we that the encryption keys for purposes such as updating the targeting
> > (or aborting) of Tomahawks and similar weapons while in flight remains
> > secure?****
>
> > ****

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