US Air Force Confirms New Stealth Aircraft

[FireDrgn]

All thats gonna happen is...

Some Afghani is gonna get a hold of a remote control NIK and fly it into it....mess up the stealth skin and all youll hear back at HQ is....

FRIKIN HO COLLIDE TARD AFGHANI.....CRAP...now we gotta spend 100k to fix the skin.....LEARN SOME ACM YA GOAT HERDER!!!!! HOW THE HELL DID YA GET THIS HIGH ANYWAY....FRIKIN ALT MONKEY AFGHANI TWIT!!!!

 

I DIDNT SEE IT ON MY END  ONLY SAW TEXT THAT YOU COLLIDED>>DWEEB>>> YOU OVERSHOT YOUR POSSITION>>SKILLESS DWEEB>DANG AMERIKANS   

[Sundowner]

It looks like some of the video feed wasn't encrypted.

"Senior military and intelligence officials said the U.S. was working to encrypt all of its drone video feeds from Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but said it wasn't yet clear if the problem had been completely resolved."

On a side note... the guys that come up with these system names are talented.

"Gorgon Stare" indeed. 

The Pentagon is deploying record numbers of drones to Afghanistan as part of the Obama administration's troop surge there. Lt. Gen. David Deptula, who oversees the Air Force's unmanned aviation program, said some of the drones would employ a sophisticated new camera system called "Gorgon Stare," which allows a single aerial vehicle to transmit back at least 10 separate video feeds simultaneously.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126102247889095011.html


Sun

[whels]

Gorgon is the same as Medusa. id guess they called it that, since 10 vid feeds could
represent the multiple snakes on her head.

[Sundowner]

Gorgon is the same as Medusa. id guess they called it that, since 10 vid feeds could
represent the multiple snakes on her head.

Yep, that would make sense.

I keep hearing the voice of Dr.Morbius from Forbidden Planet:"Use the mirrors gentlemen. One cannot behold the face of the gorgon and live!"   

[Vulcan]

It's not real time TV, it's a heavily encrypted, serialized data stream being passed over what's basically an IP network.

Heavily encrypted ahhh huh... wooooooops

[Sundowner]

This statement is a mind blower:

WASHINGTON -- Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations.

Sun

[Angus]

They pick up fast. Guess they have to compile it and code&send for the navigation/steering, and have the drone return with a tape