Tag Archives: War

Editor’s Note Unmanned systems are changing the way wars are fought. Its optimised utilisation can tilt the scales in favour of an army, as was displayed in the Armenia- Azerbaijan War. A not-so-technologically progressive force and even a terror group can target high-value economic objectives, as we witnessed in the …

The early weeks of the war in Ukraine were dominated by social media posts showing Russian tanks decimated by small, cheap drones that helped level the playing field and largely negated Moscow’s massive advantage in manpower and equipment. Drones, military analysts said, were a key reason Kyiv was able to …

  The proliferation of drones in the Ukraine war is fuelling a fresh arms race between manufacturers of unmanned aerial systems and communications engineers developing radio wave scramblers and GPS jammers.   Exhibitors at the Paris Eurosatory military expo told the Associated Press on Tuesday that pilots and their units …

The midtown Manhattan “wiretap nest,” as the 55th Street listening post came to be known, remains one of the largest and most elaborate private eavesdropping operations ever uncovered in the United States. Subscribers whose phones were tapped at the time of the raid included a range of New York commercial …

The last few years have been one heck of roller coaster ride. The pandemic and the recent war between Ukraine and Russia bracket the events for now, but suddenly a lot of companies are rethinking aggressively global resourcing and divesting manufacturing as bad ideas. The result is some interesting dynamics …

https://sputniknews.com/20211221/not-tiktok-alone-us-china-sanctions-war–shifts-to-drone-manufacturers–big-data—report-1091683155.html Not TikTok Alone: US-China Sanctions War Shifts to Drone Manufacturers & Big Data – Report Not TikTok Alone: US-China Sanctions War Shifts to Drone Manufacturers & Big Data – Report As numerous critics in the US claim that Chinese drone manufacturers, such as SZ DJI Technology Co., are sending …

Over the past 12 months, drone strikes have shifted the trajectory of conflict from Yemen and Libya to the Caucasus. Looking at some of the most prolific powers in the drone world, such as Iran and Turkey, it is clear that the new era of drones has changed the rules …

Self-guiding drone swarms, course-correcting ammunition, AI-driven sensor networks, self-healing armor and armies of armed robots are all things expected to characterize warfare for decades to come. What isn’t expected? That is the fundamental question now being taken up by an elite unit of scientists with Army Futures Command, a task …

Extra-large autonomous submarines may revolutionize intelligence gathering and espionage under the sea. One of these ground breaking projects is the U.S. Navy’s Boeing Orca extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV). It is much larger than any other underwater drone currently in the water. But there is a historical precursor which, despite …

Cross-posted with TomDispatch.com Here’s a footnote to America’s current wars that’s value pondering for a couple of moments. The U.S. Air Force is operating out of peculiar bombs, sensible bombs, and in some instances missiles. No kidding. The air warfare over Syria and Iraq that started in August 2014 and …