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When deployed its remote-controlled robot tanks in Syria, the Russian military ran into all sorts of problems like delayed signals and inadequate sensors.

Russia’s Semi-Autonomous Robot Tanks Were Utterly Useless in Syria

By Dan Robitzski

Navy "UFO "scientist Salvatore Cezar Pais has filed another bizarre patent. This time, it's for a compact nuclear fusion reactor.

Navy Scientist Known For “UFO-Like Tech” Patents Fusion Reactor

By Dan Robitzski

After hackers revealed flaws in the F-15's cybersecurity, the Air Force plans to invite white hat hackers to probe an active satellite for vulnerabilities.

The Air Force Is Inviting Hackers to Breach a Satellite

By Dan Robitzski

Former Googler Laura Nolan warns that the military should never use fully-autonomous weapons, lest they accidentally spark a war.

Former Google Engineer: Killer Bots Could Commit “Mass Atrocities”

By Dan Robitzski

A new delivery drone called the Silent Arrow GD-2000 could replace military airdrops, delivering supplies by drones to battlefields at half the cost.

Gliding Delivery Drones Could Replace Military Airdrops

By Dan Robitzski

Right now, the U.S. government is ill-equipped to defend against and counter high-tech means of warfare like cyberattacks or hypersonic missiles.

NSA: The US Is Vulnerable to Cyberattacks, Hypersonic Missiles

By Dan Robitzski

General John Raymnd, head of the newly-formed U.S. Space Command, clarified that he'll seek to first deter space combat but would still be ready to fight.

Head of US Space Command: Space Is “Clearly a Warfighting Domain”

By Dan Robitzski

The Pentagon is considering launching a network of satellites that would be able to identify and track any acts of aggression in outer space.

The Pentagon Wants Sentinel Satellites to Deter Space Warfare

By Dan Robitzski

The U.S. Space Command, the military's 11th united combatant command, will launch next week, according to Mike Pence's announcement.

Officials: US Space Command Will Launch This Month

By Dan Robitzski

U.S. Army General Paul Funk found that the Army is woefully unprepared for informational warfare in the future, and that logistical systems are outdated.

This General Says the US Army Is Outgunned in Information Warfare

By Dan Robitzski

With new contracts awarded to weapons developers, the Army is pushing for new laser weapons capable of destroying drones and vehicles.

US Army Doubles Down on Directed Energy Weapons

By Dan Robitzski

The Pentagon has 25 mass surveillance balloons that can monitor and track individual vehicles as they travel across states.

The Pentagon Is Launching Mass Surveillance Balloons Over America

By Dan Robitzski

For the last nine years, the U.S. government has been working on a top-secret military artificial intelligence "brain" platform called "Sentient."

Artificial Intelligence

The Military Secretly Built An “Artificial Brain” Called Sentient

By Dan Robitzski

The Pentagon is working on a laser that can beam human speech directly into people's brains, tech that could warn intruders as they approach military bases.

Robots and Machines

Pentagon: New Laser Tech Can Make People Hear Voice Commands

By Dan Robitzski

China recently published a white paper outlining its nuclear strategy, which describes how it will never strike first or nuke non-nuclear powers.

China Promises to Never Use Nukes — Unless Another Country Does First

By Dan Robitzski

DARPA assembled a team called Squad X that uses robots to scout out a battlefield before human soldiers engage in combat.

DARPA’s “Squad X” Teams Up Soldiers With Scout Robots

By Dan Robitzski

Clergy within the Russian Orthodox Church want to end the practice of blessing Russia's nuclear weapons, but others are happy to frame nukes as holy.

The Russian Orthodox Church May Stop Blessing Nuclear Weapons

By Dan Robitzski

Amazon and Microsoft are bidding for a $10 billion Pentagon contract for a wartime cloud computing system, but lawsuits over favoritism slowed the process.

Amazon and Microsoft Want to Build A “War Cloud” for the Military

By Dan Robitzski

The Pentagon wants its own dedicated space station in orbit around the Earth for both scientific research and military operations.

The Pentagon Wants Its Own Orbital Space Station, Like a Death Star, But Not, Okay?

By Dan Robitzski

America, Russia, and China already frequently commit acts of "gray-area aggression" against each other in outer space as they toe the line of warfare.

Has a Space War Between US, China, Russia Already Started?

By Dan Robitzski

The Military Wants Bulletproof Batteries For Armor

The Military Wants Bulletproof Batteries For Armor

The United Nations is Considering a Possible Ban on “Killer Robots”

Artificial Intelligence

The United Nations is Considering a Possible Ban on “Killer Robots”

By Patrick Caughill

The Air Force Has Invested $26.3 Million in a High-Energy Laser for Fighter Jets

The Air Force Has Invested $26.3 Million in a High-Energy Laser for Fighter Jets

By Patrick Caughill

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Military Drone Operators Are About to Outnumber Human Pilots

From Sci-Fi to Reality: The Future of Warfare

From Sci-Fi to Reality: The Future of Warfare

The Future of War? This 1000-Foot Long Barrier Can Be Set up in Under a Minute

Robots and Machines

The Future of War? This 1000-Foot Long Barrier Can Be Set up in Under a Minute

Not-So-Friendly Skies: China Conducts Drone Strikes via Satellite

Not-So-Friendly Skies: China Conducts Drone Strikes via Satellite

By Jelor Gallego

These Earbuds Give U.S. Troops Superhuman Hearing

Robots and Machines

These Earbuds Give U.S. Troops Superhuman Hearing

By Adeel Shaffi

Future Warfare: Meet The Electromagnetic Railgun

Future Warfare: Meet The Electromagnetic Railgun

By Todd Jaquith