RQ-170 Spy Drone impossible to bring down with electronic hijacking
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This seems like baseless speculation to me. Surely it listens for instructions and I'd be very surprised if it didn't return communications in some manner, perhaps using some spread spectrum technique to drop the transmit signal below the noise floor to avoid detection without the CDMA codes.
The drone may be guided by AI, and limit emissions to prevent detection, but surely it listens for instructions.
I think its unlikely that the drone was hacked, but without insider knowledge, how can you definitively rule out electronic hijacking?
I think its unlikely that the drone was hacked, but without insider knowledge, how can you definitively rule out electronic hijacking?
The drone could be listening and reacting to radio transmissions without transmitting (idk).
> A stealth craft has to maintain radio silence to avoid detection.
Radio silence means you don't transmit. There's no reason you can't passively receive. I'd imagine transmitting a narrow beam transmission at a satellite would be hard to detect with anything but dumb luck, too.
Radio silence means you don't transmit. There's no reason you can't passively receive. I'd imagine transmitting a narrow beam transmission at a satellite would be hard to detect with anything but dumb luck, too.
These drones feature live video feeds. You can't have a live video feed without a radio transmission.
A stealth craft has to maintain radio silence to avoid detection. Therefore, the craft must fly completely on its own, guided merely by its AI. Thus, the aircraft has no need for ground control. It would be impossible to hijack from the ground using electronic interference.
More likely the craft suffered a mechanical failure or fuel loss and gently crashed.