Non-Lethal Heat Ray
The U.S. military has a non-lethal heat ray. No details on what “non-lethal” means in this context.
EDITED TO ADD (4/13): Here’s an older article no the same topic.
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Investigative Report on "Buckshot Yankee"
This is a really good analysis about the Buckshot Yankee attack against the classified military computer network in 2008. It contains a bunch of details I had not previously known.
U.S. Drones Have a Computer Virus
You’d think we would be more careful than this:
A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones.
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“We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back,” says a source familiar with the network infection, one of three that told Danger Room about the virus. “We think it’s benign. But we just don’t know.”
EDITED TO ADD (10/13): No one told the IT department for two weeks.
Business Week on The Cyberwar Arms Race
I’ve been using the phrase “arms race” to describe the world’s militaries’ rush into cyberspace for a couple of years now. Here’s a good article on the topic that uses the same phrase.
Insurgent Groups Exhibit Learning Curve
Interesting research:
After analyzing reams of publicly available data on casualties from Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and decades of terrorist attacks, the scientists conclude that “insurgents pretty much seemed to be following a progress curve—or a learning curve—that’s very common in the manufacturing literature,” says physicist Neil Johnson of the University of Miami in Florida and lead author of the study.
Paper here.
Research in Secure Chips
Unsuprisingly, the U.S. military is funding reseach in this.
Chinese Army Developed Online Wargame
This is a really weird story:
After setting up its own cyber-warfare team, China’s military has now developed its first online war game aimed at improving combat skills and battle awareness, state press said Wednesday.
“Glorious Mission” is a first-person shooter game that sends players on solo or team missions armed with high-tech weapons, the China Daily reported.
How is this different from any of the dozens of other first-person shooter games with realistic weapons?
And does “training” on these games really translate into the real world?
EDITED TO ADD (7/13): The original story by China Daily is more detailed and easier to follow.
The U.S. Seems to Have a Secret Stealth Helicopter
That’s what the U.S. destroyed after a malfunction in Pakistan during the bin Laden assassination. (For helicopters, “stealth” is less concerned with radar signatures and more concerned with acoustical quiet.)
There was some talk about Pakistan sending it to China, but they’re returning it to the U.S. I presume that the Chinese got everything they needed quickly.
Lockheed Martin Hack Linked to RSA's SecurID Breach
LiveBlogging the Bin Laden Assassination
“ReallyVirtual” tweeted the bin Laden assassination without realizing it.
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.