John Robb writes: Drones are changing the dynamics of warfare in very scary ways. They make oppression much easier (and cost-effective).
To recap: Drones are extremely cost effective vs. ground/air assets (particularly in that with drones, operators aren't put at risk). They also enable extremely centralized command and control (as in: operations can be micro-manged in DC, down to the decision to kill). In sum, a small number of people in Washington CD can control/operate a vast 24x7 killing field for very few $$.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Drones make oppression much more cost-effective
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Botnets in the skies
MIT Technology Review: The Next Wave of Botnets Could Descend from the Skies. In two separate presentations last month, researchers showed off remote-controlled aerial vehicles loaded with technology designed to automatically detect and compromise wireless networks. The projects demonstrated that such drones could be used to create an airborne botnet controller for a few hundred dollars.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Economist: UAVs will be smaller, lighter, cheaper
The Economist: Joining the drone club: The future of air power is likely to be unmanned. It may also be surprisingly small. Reapers and Predators grab the headlines, but these big, high-profile drones are already outnumbered by small and cheap but capable craft.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Drones, and the future of war
Link: The DIY Terminator: Private Robot Armies And The Algorithm-Run Future Of War
[...] as the tech becomes more democratized and more deadly, what happens when anyone can assemble an army of killing machines?
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Friday, January 14, 2011
Tunisia: the first Wikileaks revolution?
Posted over at my other blog: Tunisia: the first Wikileaks revolution?