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Civilian drones exist. How difficult would it be to reprogram military drones? At some level they're just processors and motors -- do the processors have debug
by stephengillie 14y ago
Civilian drones exist.
How difficult would it be to reprogram military drones? At some level they're just processors and motors -- do the processors have debugging interfaces (serial or USB) available? If not, the mainboard with processor could be removed and replaced by something like a few Arduinos or TI Launchpads.
It shouldn't be too difficult to make and program a large quantity of boards to be hot-swapped with their current electronics. Then it's just a matter of playing "air battle bots" and damaging their drones, then taking apart damaged drones to make new drones.
- contingencies 14y agoDecent military hardware is probably tamper-resistant, with self-destruct for cryptographic data and firmware at a minimum. However, it seems UAVs fielded at present are often commercial and/or at an early stage of maturity, so this may not necessarily be the case. It's interesting that all the replies have focused on confrontation rather than methods of avoiding it. Some philosophies hold that the only way is not to play at all. I was kind of hoping someone would come up with some smart tactics on that side.