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2009-06-04 Science & Technology

Background on remote tagging Tech from Wired Mag

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Posted by 3dc 2009-06-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Sleep well, my pretty terrorists.

Posted by gorb 2009-06-04 00:43|| 2009-06-04 00:43|| Front Page Top

#2 Paying the locals to clandestinely emplace the tags is the really smart piece of this operation.

Posted by Besoeker 2009-06-04 07:44|| 2009-06-04 07:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Beso, the big problem with that tactic is you can't trust the locals not to use the tags to settle personal scores. Worse, they could be in the employ of the Taliban and use the tags to cause the US to blast innocent civilians, creating big propaganda wins.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-06-04 08:30|| 2009-06-04 08:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Short of FedEx which may not be an option, it may be very close to all we've got. Careful vetting of the source (paid Haji emplacement technician) should maximize accuracy. Bomb damage assessment reveals Hagi played a trick on you.... fire him!

Posted by Besoeker 2009-06-04 08:56|| 2009-06-04 08:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Or maybe, Beso, you get multiple locals to emplace the tags and only hit what is tagged by multiple sources.

Posted by Glenmore 2009-06-04 09:15|| 2009-06-04 09:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Yes Glen, I suspect that technique is being used as well. Makes perfect sense. A bit Orwellian, but if we could just get everyone there to frigging WEAR the tags.....

Posted by Besoeker 2009-06-04 09:36|| 2009-06-04 09:36|| Front Page Top

#7 The Inkode microfibers could have multiple uses, like embedding the cash dropped to pirates or in sting ops or in tracking the flow of drug shipments. I like.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-06-04 09:45|| 2009-06-04 09:45|| Front Page Top

#8 they say we kill civilians every time we fire a bullet so the hell with their propaganda win

Posted by funky skunk 2009-06-04 10:00|| 2009-06-04 10:00|| Front Page Top

#9 I have a feeling that this is far more ELINT than homing beacon. Once activated, a homing beacon only has to ping a few times to insure an accurate GPS based Target Reference Point.

So why not use it as a sensitive listening device? Once activated, it would be as "high tech" as a cellphone, but one with an extra sensitive microphone. It could easily pick up conversations inside a building while outside of that building.

If they are inside complaining of flea bites, the high price of cow flops, etc., they don't get nuked. But if they are talking about setting up an ambush, g'night Gracie.

The beacon part is easy. The confirmation that it is bad guys, or even specific bad guys, is hard.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-06-04 10:39|| 2009-06-04 10:39|| Front Page Top

#10 beep...beep...beep...

Posted by mojo 2009-06-04 15:17|| 2009-06-04 15:17|| Front Page Top

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