Guidance system .....

Jorgen Sigvardsson

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Lost User

No. I was thinking more like - Has the patriot missile system been hacked? But, if pulled off, conevntional weapons become very significant. Military would think twice before launching a guided weapon. My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers

Brit

How do you hack something that isn't connected to a network? It's not like a Patriot missle is connected to the internet while in-flight. The only way I can see to 'hack' a missle guidance system is if the missle commands are sent via radio-frequencies to the missle while in-flight OR you hack the missle-launcher before it fires. ------------------------------------------ "What happened in that Rhode Island club is shocking. To think that over a hundred people would attend a Great White concert." - The Onion

Nitron

Thomas George wrote: Has the patriot missile system been hacked? No. The best you can do is blast it with laser, microwave, or EMP. - Nitron

"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb

Nitron

Brit wrote: The only way I can see to 'hack' a missle guidance system is if the missle commands are sent via radio-frequencies to the missle while in-flight. which they aren't. the guidence and nav systems are usually embedded. lots of technology with the sole purpose to blow up. - Nitron

"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb

Lost User

I did not mean hacked through the Internet. Obviously militaries do not depend on such things. Patriot systems (not the missile, the base system that decides whether to fire or not), in my understanding, depnd on signals beamed down by satellites. If the system gets incorrect data, it will react incorrectly. So, if the signal is modified to simulate an enemy weapon system, you could end up targetting something entirely different. The systems use very high level of encryption and other techniques to prevent even an interception; but the enemies are not script kiddies - they are expert scientists working on that. My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers

ColinDavies

I don't think the track v missile guidance system that the Patiot uses would be able to discover static targets. AFAIK Most of the Patriots use one of three modes auto, semi or manual, in auto mode I don't think they could be hacked. However since the launching station and enagagement comtrol station are seperated this must cause a risk. And I think they are connected by Fibre which means that the communications aren't 100% secure. Due to the complexity of the Patriot system there must be windows of opportunities, but not for kiddie scripters. Regardz Colin J Davies

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Jon Newman

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Rob Graham

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Rob Graham

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