XPost: comp.dsp, sci.crypt, sci.electronics.design   
   From: OneBigLever@InfiniteSeries.Org   
      
   On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 09:51:52 -0800, "Joel Koltner"   
    wrote:   
      
   >  I would bet you a   
   >nickel that when the systems were being developed, the contractors said,   
   >"sure, we can add encryption, but it will add years and millions to the   
   >development schedule," and someone made the Executive Decision to skip it.   
      
      
    No, it would not.  It would add ONE component to the drone. The ground   
   station already has the gear to decrypt it.   
      
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