Thanks for the note. I’m amazed at Clarke and how he can make us think with open minds. I also appreciate your bias for action. When things are a priority our nation can get things done, and I think this should be a priority.

Bob

Great observations Bob.. Clarke was very insightful (also on satellites).

It would have been interesting if the WSJ reporter had gone to various CRYPTO experts and companies and asked how long they think it would take to get the feed out of the clear based on off-the-shelf CRYPTO technology. Then maybe the DoD brass would light-a-fire and get the security deployed next week. I agree with your point Bob, it’s also symbolic of the disconnect in understanding of the asymmetric cyber threat.

BTW to florwater, we don’t need to wait for the technology, we have it. It’s just lazy software programming,scheduling, and lack of investment on the part of the drone vendor. Sadly for our forces and our success, our enemy is laughing at us while taking evasive action.