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To: Windflier
Re: rts"? Are you referring to things you've read online, or some other source?"

The Wall Street Journal and CNN here:

http://articles.cnn.com/2009-12-17/us/drone.video.hacked_1_uav-systems-encryption-feeds?_s=PM:US

30 posted on 12/12/2011 4:41:53 PM PST by jonrick46 (2012 can't come soon enough.)
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To: jonrick46
The Wall Street Journal and CNN

Thanks for the links. I hadn't seen those articles.

Still, I find it hard to believe that Iran has the capability to hack our UAV's guidance control systems and land one without a scratch. They'd also have to know how to over-ride the self-destruct commands, too.

Seems a huge stretch, to me.

32 posted on 12/12/2011 4:50:45 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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