What is certain is that the limitless imagination of mankind has turned science fiction heatrays into the near future reality of weapons on the battleground.
According to new research presented at both the annual Black Hat USA and DefCon conferences this week in Las Vegas, hardware flaws, heat and cosmic rays may be flipping 1s and 0s and changing URL addresses.
Among the challenges is modifying sensors designed to detect the heat from an incoming warhead so they can spot the much-cooler satellite, which has no heat source and is warmed only by the sun's rays.