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Army AI-enabled robots may fire weapons in war to defend against attacks

6 years 3 months ago
What if artillery rounds, mini-drone swarms of explosives, rockets and even air-fired missiles are all approaching forward-positioned Army troops at the same time? Imagine that these incoming weapons are dispersed, varied and fast approaching. How do ground commanders avoid being overwhelmed and destroyed? Could AI help solve this lethal predicament? 
Kris Osborn

Will new Chinese artillery rival US weapons?

6 years 3 months ago
The People’s Liberation Army may be arming its forces along the Indian border with its new lightweight, digitized, vehicle-mounted 155mm Howitzer weapon engineered to bring new dimensions of mobile artillery attack to modern ground war.

What would robot vs robot war look like?

6 years 3 months ago
The Chinese Army is preparing to deploy small, new, tracked war-robots armed with machine guns, night vision, missile loaders and camera sensors to conduct attacks while leaving manned systems at safer stand-off distances. 
Kris Osborn

Apple gets COVID-19 savvy with Apple Watch and Memojis

6 years 3 months ago
At its developer conference, which started on Monday, Apple said the new operating system for the Apple Watch will add a reminder to wash your hands, while Apple Memojis will get COVID-19 customization, adding face mask coverings.
Brooke Crothers

The Pentagon has plans to destroy hypersonic weapons attacks

6 years 3 months ago
The Pentagon is looking to Space War as an emerging method to counter seemingly unstoppable hypersonic weapons attacks, with early prototyping of satellite sensors and other tracking technology to more quickly find and “take out” weapons traveling more than five times the speed of sound. 
Kris Osborn

Lasers, AI and drones likely to inform Navy concept for new 2030 destroyer

6 years 3 months ago
Maybe it will take out missiles beyond the earth’s atmosphere, incinerate targets well beyond the horizon with high-powered laser weapons and instantly stop a multi-faceted series of incoming attacks all at the same time? Perhaps it will use AI-empowered algorithms to launch a large fleet of networked surface, air and undersea drones, able to launch coordinated attacks at long ranges?

Air Force arms cargo planes for future attack

6 years 3 months ago
The U.S. Air Force is arming its cargo planes with bombs for attack missions in a clear move to expand the offensive warfare envelope for its fleet of tactical supply and transport aircraft, bringing a significant ability to drop weapons from austere, low-altitude, hard-to-reach areas. 
Kris Osborn

Lawmakers seek $6 billion to add weapons to deter China in the Pacific

6 years 3 months ago
What kind of impact would land-based air defenses, increased ISR (Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance) operations and more bomber patrols have upon U.S. deterrence efforts in the Pacific Theater? Is this question taking on additional relevance and urgency in light of Chinese maneuvers near Taiwan and the South China Sea? 
Kris Osborn
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