1. Unmanned Soviet unit in Red Alert 3 which can disassemble any land or sea-based vehicle in the game. Great for temporarily disabling enemy ore refineries.
2. Slang for armed recon drone aircraft such as the Predator and the experimental Firescout unmanned helicopter.
3. Any remote control or autonomous vehicle that is armed with an offensive weapons system such as hellfire missiles or a SAW light machine gun.
A Shackteau is a humble, weather-beaten, structurally questionable shelter located in a spectacular or highly coveted place—Wales, Jackson Hole, Sun Valley, Crested Butte, coastal Maine, the Alps—where the building itself may be worth almost nothing, but the dirt, view, access, and mythology make it absurdly valuable.
In use:
Shackteâu - We thought it was an abandoned shed until the realtor called it a rare alpine Shackteâu with unobstructed views and listed it for $2 million.