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CIA Drone Targeting Tech Revealed

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/infrared-beacons-guiding-cia-drone-strikes-qaeda-claims/

by profquail • 17 years ago

6 3 17 years ago

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iamwil• 17 years ago

The last sentence was the most interesting to me. Despite the high tech, you still need reliable people on the ground, and that people will always try to game the system.

profquail• 17 years ago

I thought the most interesting part was that the system uses a simple infrared beacon which can be seen by normal night vision equipment. Given that you can get a very basic NV monocular for under $200 now, what's to stop 'targets' from simply locating and destroying the beacons before they've had time to do their job?

rigwit• 17 years ago

Now that the word is out--not too much.

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