Ankita
Member • Jul 21, 2011
DARPA Secret Afghan Spy Machine - Nexus 7
The Pentagon’s top researchers have rushed a classified and controversial intelligence program into Afghanistan.
Known as “Nexus 7,†and previously undisclosed as a war-zone surveillance effort, it ties together everything from spy radars to fruit prices in order to glean clues about Afghan instability.
The program has been pushed hard by the leadership of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. They see Nexus 7 as both a breakthrough data-analysis tool and an opportunity to move beyond its traditional, long-range research role and into a more active wartime mission.
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Known as “Nexus 7,†and previously undisclosed as a war-zone surveillance effort, it ties together everything from spy radars to fruit prices in order to glean clues about Afghan instability.
The program has been pushed hard by the leadership of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. They see Nexus 7 as both a breakthrough data-analysis tool and an opportunity to move beyond its traditional, long-range research role and into a more active wartime mission.
Read complete coverage at #-Link-Snipped-#