Articles by Noah Shachtman
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Suicide Drones, Mini Blimps and 3D Printers: Inside the New Army Arsenal
Noah Shachtman – Wired magazine,
26 Nov 2012
Flying grenades. Mini spy blimps. Robotic bomb-busters. Suicide-vest spotters. Battlefield 3D printers. The Army is retooling for a very austere, very remote way of war. And the gear that’s required is very different from the hardware that came before.
→ read full articleExclusive: Computer Virus Hits U.S. Drone Fleet
Noah Shachtman - Wired,
10 Oct 2011
A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. “We keep wiping it off, and it keeps coming back,” says a source familiar with the network infection, one of three that told Danger Room about the virus. “It’s getting a lot of attention,” the source says. “But no one’s panicking. Yet.”
→ read full articlePrisoners Help Build Patriot Missiles
Noah Shachtman, Danger Room - Wired,
14 Mar 2011
This spring, the United Arab Emirates is expected to close a deal for $7 billion dollars’ worth of American arms. Nearly half of the cash will be spent on Patriot missiles, which cost as much as $5.9 million apiece. But what makes those eye-popping sums even more shocking is that some of the workers manufacturing parts for those Patriot missiles are prisoners, earning as little as 23 cents an hour. (Credit Justin Rohrlich with the catch.)
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