The Neutron Bomb | Air & Space Forces Magazine
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The article explains the history and controversy surrounding the “neutron bomb,” officially known as the enhanced radiation warhead (ERW). Public debate erupted in 1977 after a Washington Post report
Tiberius Aerospace has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Armaments Center to advance Sceptre, its liquid-fueled
The US Army and Navy have successfully tested a hypersonic missile designed to travel at speeds above Mach 5, marking another step toward faster long-range strike capabilities. The weapon is intended
Magnetic confinement fusion (MCF) is a method of producing thermonuclear fusion power by using strong magnetic fields to confine extremely hot plasma. It is one of the two main branches of controlled
The U.S. Army is developing a Laser-Induced Plasma Channel (LIPC) system that could use laser-guided lightning bolts to destroy targets. The technology is designed to strike objects that conduct elect
The article argues that reliably detecting whether a text was written by AI or a human is mathematically impossible without cooperation from the model, such as watermarking. It criticizes the continue
Comcast has started rolling out WiFi Motion, a new feature for Xfinity customers that lets compatible routers detect movement inside a home without cameras or separate motion sensors. Available throug
A major supply-chain attack on the open source AI development tool LiteLLM exposed terabytes of sensitive credentials belonging to thousands of organizations, including Microsoft, Amazon, Cisco, Samsu
Chinese aircraft engineers have warned that large language models can produce false or fabricated information that could seriously affect military work. In a paper tied to China’s aviation research co
The Pentagon and White House held the first “Drone Dominance” event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, bringing together nearly 100 representatives from about 40 drone-related companies and
China’s upcoming Chang’e 7 mission could become a major milestone in the US-China space race. Launching as soon as Sunday aboard a Long March 5 rocket, the mission includes an orbiter, lander, rover,
Are We Thinking Correctly about AI Intelligence?
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This episode of *The Joy of Why* examines a central question in AI: when a large language model answers a question, is it genuinely reasoning like a human, or simply generating text that resembles rea
Are the Tech Bros Blockheads?
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The article argues that most venture-backed defense tech companies are still unlikely to receive Pentagon spending at the scale investors expect, despite political support for commercial-first acquisi
President Donald Trump’s new cyber policy seeks to enlist vetted private U.S. companies to disrupt foreign cybercriminal networks, but Russia presents a major challenge because criminal hackers and st
The article argues that artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and bioengineering are creating major benefits but also making bioweapons easier to design, produce, and spread. Elizabeth Sherwood-Rand
Emelia S. Probasco argues that the main danger of AI in the U.S. military is not a “Skynet”-style robot rebellion, but the erosion of human judgment. She says AI can weaken soldiers’ and commanders’ a
New Space Force EW Unit Pairs Multiple Weapon Systems in a First
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The Space Force recently activated the 1st Electromagnetic Warfare Squadron, a new unit under Mission Delta 3 at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado, and it is the first Space Force EW squadron to ope
Ukraine reportedly found a US-made Nvidia Jetson Orin module inside Russia’s new S-71 Monochrome cruise missile, highlighting continued access to advanced Western technology in Russian weapons systems
Reddit is reconsidering its relationship with Google as tensions grow over AI and search traffic. According to people familiar with the matter, Reddit has discussed cutting off Google’s access to its
Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out
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DecryptAds is a new free service that helps identify who is advertising on websites and apps, and who may be collecting user data. It scrapes and correlates public adtech disclosures such as ads.txt,
Bloomberg reported that T-Mobile cybersecurity staff successfully expelled Chinese hackers from its network in 2024 by physically disconnecting a compromised system. The hackers were linked to Salt Ty
DARPA wrapped up its Lift Challenge with no team fully meeting the goal of lifting four times a drone’s own weight, but several participants came close. The top performer was AVIDrone, a Canadian comp
Superpowers, Not Superintelligence | Bond
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The piece argues that Mark Zuckerberg is right about some core AI risks: superintelligence should not be concentrated in a few institutions, and power should be checked by power. However, it says he m
The article argues that the real danger in military AI is not fully autonomous weapons, but the rapidly expanding use of AI-enabled decision-support systems (AI-DSS) that help identify, prioritize, an
AI and the Risks of Tearing Down an Old System
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Operation Epic Fury showed that AI has become central to U.S. warfighting. In the first 24 hours, Central Command used Claude on Palantir’s Maven Smart System to generate and prioritize about 1,000 ta
Are Allies’ Military AI Systems Interoperable?
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As militaries increasingly field artificial intelligence, the key challenge is shifting from simply adopting AI to ensuring allied systems can trust one another on the same battlefield. A 2025 CSIS an
Does vitriol make you feel special?
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A new study in *PNAS* argues that social media negativity is driven not only by attention-seeking algorithms, but also by a psychological motive called differentiation: the desire to stand out from ot
SignalTrace is a new surveillance technology from security company Leonardo that builds on license plate reader systems like Flock, but goes further by using Bluetooth and Wi‑Fi signals from devices i
Defense technology company Anduril and Archer Aviation have unveiled Thunder, a new autonomous combat tiltrotor designed to operate alongside crewed attack helicopters such as the AH-64 Apache.
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The Army is opening several of its most advanced test ranges to private companies so they can test emerging military technologies before entering the prototype phase. The effort is aimed at accelerati
The Army is opening several of its most advanced test ranges to private companies so they can test emerging military technologies before entering the prototype phase. The effort is aimed at accelerati
The Army is opening several of its most advanced test ranges to private companies so they can test emerging military technologies before entering the prototype phase. The effort is aimed at accelerati
AI and the New Fog of War
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Lawrence Freedman examines how artificial intelligence is reshaping warfare through the lens of Clausewitz’s ideas of friction and the “fog of war.” He argues that war has always been marked by uncert
The Army is opening several of its most advanced test ranges to private companies so they can test emerging military technologies before entering the prototype phase. The effort is aimed at accelerati
This USAJOBS announcement is for a **Supervisory IT Specialist under Direct Hire Authority** with the **Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command**. The position’s primary purpose is to
A top Pentagon technology official, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Critical Technologies Mike Dodd, is urging industry to develop “smaller, lighter, more efficient” directed energy weapons for air
President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to scale back upcoming joint military exercises with South Korea, citing Seoul’s refusal to help with denuclearization efforts involving Iran. In a Truth So
US bases, troops are once again being exposed by Strava
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Eight years after the “Strava heat map” first exposed sensitive U.S. troop locations, service members in the Middle East are still sharing fitness-app data despite military restrictions. A Sky News in
Eight years after the “Strava heat map” first exposed sensitive U.S. troop locations, service members in the Middle East are still sharing fitness-app data despite military restrictions. A Sky News in
President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on August 12 creating the first U.S. program allowing vetted private companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign cybercrime
President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on August 12 creating the first U.S. program allowing vetted private companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign cybercrime
President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on August 12 creating the first U.S. program allowing vetted private companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign cybercrime
This content describes a comprehensive RF planning and analysis toolkit for FPV drones, control links, and mesh networks. It includes several calculators and utilities focused on radio performance, in
The U.S. Army Doesn't Know What Happens At Its Training Centers
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The article argues that the real story from the reported Ukrainian defeat of a U.S. armored brigade at Hohenfels is not the loss itself, but the U.S. Army’s inability to systematically know what happe