So let me get this straight. Because of RED TAPE we're allowing insurgents to view the same video as what the military commanders see. You can make all the excuses you want, but what matters is the equipment put in the field with our soldiers. What no one has noticed is our own UAV's are probably being used against us! Any chance those cameras view our own positions on the battlefield? Well, sorry but that unclassified feed has just alerted the insurgence to the approaching convoy. Amazing.
Yes, operators may be in Nevada, but that doesn't mean the drones are communicating directly to a satellite. Probably local repeaters pick up the signal and transmit in over the military's network (which may be satellite) to Nevada.
Remember there is significant latency (250ms) bouncing signals off geostationary satellites, so unless the military is using satellites in medium and low earth orbit (40ms) I doubt they allow a plane to be controlled by an operator with a few seconds delay. Remember in addition to the times above, the signal has to travel half way around the earth to Nevada! Much more likely they use terrestrial networks (Internet) because of bandwidth and latency issues.
The satellite receivers insurgents may be using are probably easy to obtain and are sensitive enough for their purposes. A coat hanger may actually work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Internet_access
What's stopping you from hacking apart an air compressor and putting it on top of a windmill? Nothing. No fancy magnets, expensive control hardware, or storage problems like wind generated electricity. Any decent mechanic could build one in an afternoon.
By going to the hardware store and using your ingenuity you could build something that powers your air car for life. I challenge anyone to do the math on that. Who cares about storage efficiency if you can build a wind powered air compressor for a few hundred dollars. Mass produced I'm sure it could be very cheap and efficient.
Need more storage? Buy a larger air tank for cheap. Or would you rather buy expensive batteries which loose their efficiency harm the environment in their manufacture?
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Anyone have any idea on what MS uses for an OS in house? All Windows? If it's so secure then shouldn't all their employees be using it?
So let me get this straight. Because of RED TAPE we're allowing insurgents to view the same video as what the military commanders see. You can make all the excuses you want, but what matters is the equipment put in the field with our soldiers. What no one has noticed is our own UAV's are probably being used against us! Any chance those cameras view our own positions on the battlefield? Well, sorry but that unclassified feed has just alerted the insurgence to the approaching convoy. Amazing.
Excellent analogy. One would hope the drones have the ability to fly themselves and maintain radio silence for periods of time.
Yes, operators may be in Nevada, but that doesn't mean the drones are communicating directly to a satellite. Probably local repeaters pick up the signal and transmit in over the military's network (which may be satellite) to Nevada. Remember there is significant latency (250ms) bouncing signals off geostationary satellites, so unless the military is using satellites in medium and low earth orbit (40ms) I doubt they allow a plane to be controlled by an operator with a few seconds delay. Remember in addition to the times above, the signal has to travel half way around the earth to Nevada! Much more likely they use terrestrial networks (Internet) because of bandwidth and latency issues. The satellite receivers insurgents may be using are probably easy to obtain and are sensitive enough for their purposes. A coat hanger may actually work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Internet_access
What's stopping you from hacking apart an air compressor and putting it on top of a windmill? Nothing. No fancy magnets, expensive control hardware, or storage problems like wind generated electricity. Any decent mechanic could build one in an afternoon. By going to the hardware store and using your ingenuity you could build something that powers your air car for life. I challenge anyone to do the math on that. Who cares about storage efficiency if you can build a wind powered air compressor for a few hundred dollars. Mass produced I'm sure it could be very cheap and efficient. Need more storage? Buy a larger air tank for cheap. Or would you rather buy expensive batteries which loose their efficiency harm the environment in their manufacture?