CIA Drone Targeting Tech Revealed(wired.com)
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CIA Drone Targeting Tech Revealed
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/infrared-beacons-guiding-cia-drone-strikes-qaeda-claims/
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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.
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?
Now that the word is out--not too much.