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Aside from infrastructural devastation and enormous loss of civilian life, the 2003 US invasion of Iraq has had some pretty fascinating effects on the way they live – particularly their absorption of American habits. Including the way we’re glued to our phones, says NYT reporter Mahmood Al-Bachary:
The promise of the ADE 651 is seductive: a handheld detector which susses out bombs, guns, drugs and human bodies from up to a kilometre away. And the Iraqi military swears by it! One problem: It doesn’t seem to work.
Scratch another one on the checklist for Humanity’s ultimate self-destruction. A Warrior-Alpha drone from the US Army’s Odin Task Force fired against enemy forces with no pilot. The Predator variant was controlled by plain soldiers:
Here’s an idea for new unofficial Gizmodo game. It doesn’t have a name, but it’s based on guessing what Bob Woodward was talking about when he said the U.S. military had some super secret new gadget, gizmo or technology at their disposal in Iraq. Woodward says the tech is used to “locate, target and kill key individuals in groups such as al-Qaeda in Iraq [and]the operations incorporated some of the most highly classified techniques and information in the US government.” My guess as to what Woodward was talking about (with the help of Bruce Schneier readers): Hyperbole and book sales. You can do better!
Last week, the 174th Air Force Fighter Wing flew its last manned combat sortie over Iraq in F-16s, which have now been mothballed in favour of MQ-9 Reapers. This makes it the first combat-specific wing to ditch conventional aircraft entirely in favour of unmanned robo-drones piloted from the ground. Welcome to the Skynet era, everyone!
