Defense
Battle robots, drown swarms, super soldiers, future battle strategies—this page covers the trends and news that will guide the future of defense.
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In 2020, 2,400 U.S. Air Force personnel have been selected for transfer into the nascent US Space Force.
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https://techcrunch.com/2015/05/30/the-war-on-crypto-terror/
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Techcrunch
Governments are scared of software. This month, the Commerce Department proposed to classify "intrusion software" as dual-use civilian/military technology; the UK announced a law which will require "Google, Facebook and other internet giants" to "give British spies access to encrypted conversations"; and the Justice Department claimed APIs should be copyrightable.
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https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/technology-ethics/resources/the-ethics-of-nanotechnology/
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SCU Edu
It would be difficult to deny the potential benefits of nanotechnology and stop development of research related to it since it has already begun to penetrate many different fields of research. However, nanotechnology can be developed using guidelines to insure that the technology does not become too potentially harmful.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/why-terrorist-label-doesnt-apply-antifa-portland-white-supremacism
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Stratfor
Some of its violent actions -- and the musings of the president -- notwithstanding, Antifa is not a terrorist group. In fact, it's not a group at all, but that doesn't mean it's not dangerous.
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https://www.newsweek.com/3d-printed-weapons-threaten-global-security-think-tank-warns-917202
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Newsweek
In 2013, the first digital design for functioning 3-D printed guns became widely available for download.
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https://www.wired.com/2015/01/german-steel-mill-hack-destruction/
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Wired
The attack marks only the second confirmed incident in which a wholly digital hack created physical destruction of equipment.
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https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/robot-artillery-gunners-army-wants-its-big-guns-be-self-loading-125231
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National Interest
Will it work?
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https://patents.google.com/patent/US10144532B2/en
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Patents
A craft using an inertial mass reduction device comprises of an inner resonant cavity wall, an outer resonant cavity, and microwave emitters. The electrically charged outer resonant cavity wall and the electrically insulated inner resonant cavity wall form a resonant cavity. The microwave emitters create high frequency electromagnetic waves throughout the resonant cavity causing the resonant
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https://www.spiegel.de/consent-a-?targetUrl=https%3A//www.spiegel.de/international/world/new-snowden-docs-indicate-scope-of-nsa-preparations-for-cyber-battle-a-1013409.html
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Spiegel
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https://news.mit.edu/2019/engineers-demonstrate-lighter-flexible-airplane-wing-0401
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MIT News
A new way of making airplane wings, developed by engineers at MIT, NASA, and elsewhere, could lead to novel aircraft designs and lighter, more fuel-efficient planes.
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https://warontherocks.com/2016/02/the-dangerous-diffusion-of-cyber-operations/
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War on the Rocks
Editor's Note: This article is adapted from the author's recent article in Survival, "The Life Cycles of Cyber Threats." Amid the raging debate on
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https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1151817.shtml
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Global Times
China revealed a new self-propelled anti-aircraft gun on Sunday, as military experts said on Monday that the artillery is highly mobile and could eliminate threats from precision weapons such as drones and cruise missiles.
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http://www.nextbigfuture.com/2016/10/us-army-says-ground-warfare-is-on-cusp.html
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Next Big Future
Gen. Mark Milley, the Army Chief of Staff, says the world is on the cusp of a fundamental change in the character of ground warfare. A revolution is perhaps five to 10 years away. The US Army is expec
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https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2019/05/23/when-it-comes-to-missile-killing-lasers-the-us-navy-is-ready-to-burn-its-ships/
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Defense News
A Hawaii-based destroyer will be the first surface combatant to integrate a laser.
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https://futurism.com/exoskeleton-super-soldiers-military
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Futurism
Lockheed Martin is developing a strap-on exoskeleton suit, called ONYX, with the goal of creating "super-soldiers" for the U.S. military.
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https://curiousmatic.com/military-wearable-technology-is-on-the-rise/
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Curiousmatic
Military wearable technology has the potential to revolutionize a soldier's capacity. Here are four ways wearables are being introduced to the battlefield.
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https://worldview.stratfor.com/article/grassroots-cells-even-more-dangerous-lone-wolves
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Stratfor
Terror cells are a vital and dangerous part of the leaderless resistance model that must not be overlooked.
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https://fortune.com/2014/12/21/why-cyber-warfare-is-so-attractive-to-small-nations/
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Fortune
Enabled by Internet connectivity, cyber war provides more bang for the buck than investment in conventional weapons.
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https://futurism.com/preparing-for-war-everything-you-should-know-about-the-space-arms-race
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Futurism
Building upon decades of anti-satellite weaponry, an off-world arms race is going on under our noses, even though no one wants to admit it.
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http://www.graphene-uses.com/graphene-ship-tech-makes-the-future-dreadnought/
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Graphene
Graphene ship tech make the future dreadnought to increase the strength of ship coating hulls to reduce drag , meaning could sail faster and use less fuel
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https://www.dailydot.com/debug/encryption-crypto-war-james-comey-fbi-privacy/
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Daily Dot
The U.S. government wants to stop terrorists and criminals from 'going dark.' But at what cost?
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/us/shannon-kent-military-spy.html
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New York Times
Shannon Kent’s death in a suicide bombing in Syria shows how women have been doing military jobs as dangerous, secretive and specialized as anything men do.