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Many UAVs Vulnerable To Directed-Energy Weapons

Posted by Soulskill on from the phasers-on-stun dept.

mask.of.sanity writes "A New Zealand researcher has detailed ways that UAVs can be crashed using cheap tools like Herf guns and GPS jammers, and could even be downed by flying drones with more powerful radio. The attacks (podcast) interfere with the navigation systems used by flying drones and are possible because security was not designed into the architecture of some machines."

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  1. Re:Illegal by somersault · · Score: 1, Redundant

    No no, he never learned to read, because he already knew there was such a thing as conveying information.

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    which is totally what she said