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US Military Develops P2P Wireless Network Sniffer
Merlin83 writes "As being reported on The Register, the US Military is developing a new system for monitoring enemy battlefield communication. Called WolfPack, each node is a 6"x4" cylinder, launched by missile or dropped from aircraft. Once the node lands, it stands up, extends its antenna and contacts other nodes. The nodes can also jam cellular communications by transmitting a signal themselves. "
I would've thought the RIAA would've been ahead of the US military on this one.
I remember when legal used to mean lawful, now it means some kind of loophole. - Leo Kessler
Radar Tech: Sir! The radar, sir! It appears to be... jammed!
Dark Helmet: Jammed... Raspberry!
..hear me now? boom!
Each device, which runs on battery, should last approximately two months. When possible, devices can be recovered and reused. The cost of each is estimated at $10,000.
$10,000??!! I bet there are plenty of Linux geeks around Slashdot that could do it for a fraction of that! ;^)
Wooden armaments to battle your imaginary foes!
Light signalling morse code
WAN-mines?
Come on! this is the US military! Im sure they have some sort of safe guards against that sort of .. oh nevermind.
Together, they are cheaper, less like a huge warm cock and a much less obvious target for enemy intervention than the aircraft-based systems used to jam or monitor communications at the moment.
This is informative?
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For taking part in a p2p network! The pirates!
Commander: "That's it, everybody, shut down Kazaa, the RIAA has found our base!"
Buy Steampunk Clothing Online!
That might work, but what if their optic cables get bent?
Seriously, Operation Desert Storm, Tomohawk Missles, and now the Wolf Pack. Can't the army have more consumer friendly names with more pizazz.
I nominate we rename it the Sniff 'n Shout. Or something in that vein
Photos.
The RIAA hears of this, the US military is going to get sooo sued...
It will help us to fight off the inevitable alien invasion. Why do you think there is constant push for higher and higher tech weaponry even when the rest of the world has dropped way behind in weapons technology and R&D? It's 2012, man. That's when the fate of the mankind will be decided and we're gonna need every weapon the US military can devise.
BOO! TERRO
The nodes can also jam
I was going to buy their music but after listening to it I think I will download it from KazAa in stead.
"Once the node lands, it stands up, extends its antenna and contacts other nodes."
This just in: The Russians have developed nodes that land next to nodes already present on the battlefield, stand up, extend their antennae, and contact other nodes with information about hostile nodes on the battlefield.
This just in: Americans have developed nodes that land next to Russian nodes that have landed next to their nodes. These American nodes, upon landing, stand up, extend their antennae, and contact other nodes with information about hostile nodes on the battlefield that have landed next to nodes meant to have disrupted the communications networks of the hostile force.
If someone else has similar jamming devices, doesn't the military's "workaround" involve pinpointing the device and then hitting it with a missle??
Seems that they dealt with the GPS jammers Iraq was using by following this method in the past war. I've been unable to find references for that particular action, but I seem to remember discussing it in my signals class last spring.
Did Jeff Spicoli attend that school?
If I were a low-income thug and the US military invaded my country and sprayed the land with these things, I would probably run around and pick them up for resale. They start at 6x4 inches, but then they extend fins and an inflatable antenna, which should make them pretty easy targets to spot. And I bet to foreign military hands, they're worth more than the $10K they cost the US military. All things considered I could probably feed my family for 10 years by picking up 5 of them or so and selling them on the black market.
11*43+456^2
Mmmmm, lick a pack of wolves.
They could even claim it was 'field testing'.
Best wishes,
Mike.
I've got the case design down pat...
WeebleWobbles...
They're self righting... "They weeble and they wobble, but they don't fall down"
I even have the project name down:
WWWWF
(WeebleWobbles with WiFi)
Who's With Me???
Why worry? Each of us is wearing an unlicensed "nucular" accelerator on his back.
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