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Seems like something the military would want to keep close to their chest. I am amazed that things like this are allowed to be in the public domain.
by themark 8y ago
Seems like something the military would want to keep close to their chest. I am amazed that things like this are allowed to be in the public domain.
- dajohnson89 8y agoyeah, i tend to agree. i get that it's good pr, but is it worth it to declassify these capabilities?
- dba7dba 8y agoMy gut reaction is they would like to, but they realize enough of the information is already out due to carelessness, spying, etc. So they just decide to release some information, with some FUD mixed in.
- openasocket 8y agoThere's a couple things to keep in mind here. First is that the basic concept here isn't new. We've had towed decoys of some sort or another in use since the 1990s. Second is that there's very little here in the way of details, and you'd need to know a lot of specifics to be able to counter this sort of technology. Finally, there are actual advantages to letting information like this get out, as it can act as a deterrent. With technology like this, there's some calculus you have to do about the risks and rewards, taking into account the odds of an adversary copying or countering it, the value of it as a deterrent, the expense/difficulty of keeping it secret, etc.