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Anti-Missile Technology on Commercial Aircraft

2008-01-18 11:29:06 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...missile technology this spring in the latest phase of testing technology to protect commercial planes from attack The technology is intended to stop a missile attack by detecting heat given off from the rocket, then firing a laser beam that jams the missile's guidance system I have several feelings about this. One, it's security theater...
 
Tags: missile, anti-missile technology, technology, missile attack, laser anti-missile system, attack, american airlines jets, protect commercial planes, laser beam
 
 
 
 
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Bush Push for NATO Missile Defense

2008-04-02 04:00:00 by Associated Press in Wired Security
 
At a 26-nation military summit in Romania, President Bush pushes for NATO to endorse a missile defense system for Europe that Russia has opposed
 
Tags: missile defense system, president bush pushes, 26-nation military summit, nato, russia, europe, endorse, romania
 
 
 
 
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Video: Iran's Mega Missile Test

2008-07-09 04:09:24 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
Iran's Revolutionary Guards test fires a slew of missiles but there is one in particular Western observers are examining with particular care: a 56 foot-long Shahab-3 missile which, if it works as planned, has enough reported range to hit Israeli soil and some American bases overseas
 
Tags: foot-long shahab-3 missile, american bases overseas, hit israeli soil, western observers, iran, missiles, range, care, slew
 
 
 
 
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A Bitter Pill To Swallow: First Generation CEP Software Needs To Evolve

2008-02-09 03:08:55 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...missile attacks.There is a very rich history of CEP but not called CEP behind the scenes keeping peoplesafe and warm. (The same thing can be said with many similar examples of complex event processing in use today, but not called CEP by CEP software vendors This is one reason when I read the CEP history lessons I am amused at how, at times,...
 
Tags: cep, cep space, cep softwaremust evolve, real cep capabilities, cep capabilities, real operational cep, cep market, cep software vendors, cep software space
 
 
 
 
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Inside America's Satellite-Killing Missile

2008-02-15 21:00:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
The weapon that the Pentagon wants to use to shoot down a failing satellite is well-tested. But its one weakness could pose a problem, as the military tries to take that satellite out
 
Tags: satellite, pentagon, weapon, weakness, military, pose
 
 
 
 
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Spy Sat Shootdown Shown on Navy Tape

2008-02-21 14:00:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
A Navy missile blasts a dying -- and potentially poisonous -- spy satellite just above the atmosphere. Watch the footage
 
Tags: navy missile blasts, spy satellite, footage, atmosphere, poisonous
 
 
 
 
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Creating and Entrapping Terrorists

2008-03-05 06:25:43 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...missile was needed for an attack on a Pakistani diplomat in New York. He offered Hossain $5,000 in cash to help him launder $50,000 -- a deal Hossain claims he never properly grasped. According to Muslim tradition, a witness is needed for significant financial transactions. Thus, the JTTF reached out for Hossain's imam and the true target of...
 
Tags: terrorist, modern terrorist, hossain, terrorist conspiracies, deal hossain claims, yassin aref, aref, terrorist plot, stop federal agents
 
 
 
 
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Author: The Grand Fantasies That Ruined National Security

2008-03-21 19:00:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
Fred Kaplan, author of Daydream Believers , talks about the proponents of networked war, missile defense and other "grand ideas" that "wrecked American power
 
Tags: daydream believers, author, grand ideas, missile defense, american power, fred kaplan, talks, war, proponents
 
 
 
 
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America's Dilemma: Close Security Holes, or Exploit Them Ourselves

2008-05-01 04:00:00 by Bruce Schneier in Wired Security
 
...missile targeting systems, dual-use technologies have both military and civilian applications. Dual-use technologies used to be exceptions; even things you'd expect to be dual use, like radar systems and toilets, were designed differently for the military. But today, almost all information technology is dual use. We both use the same...
 
Tags: security, bad guys insecure, guys, non-security, security improves, technologies, dual-use technologies, security improvements, agency
 
 
 
 
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Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue

2008-05-06 05:17:24 by schneier in Schneier on Security