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Economist: Military robots are getting smaller and more capable
Soon, they will travel in swarms
ON NOVEMBER 12th a video called “Slaughterbots” was uploaded to YouTube. It is the brainchild of Stuart Russell, a professor of artificial intelligence at the University of California, Berkeley, and was paid for by the Future of Life Institute (FLI), a group of concerned scientists and technologists that includes Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking and Martin Rees, Britain’s Astronomer Royal. It is set in a near-future in which small drones fitted with face-recognition systems and shaped explosive charges can be programmed to seek out and kill known individuals or classes of individuals (those wearing a particular uniform, for example). In one scene, the drones are shown collaborating with each other to gain entrance to a building. One acts as a petard, blasting through a wall to grant access to the others.
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Military And Intelligence News Briefs -- December 15, 2017
Missiles and missile defence in a nuclear Asia -- Policy Forum
Rocket Men: The Team Building North Korea's Nuclear Missile -- New York Times
North Korean Nuclear Reactor Safety: The Threat No One is Talking About -- 38 North
Chinese Navy begins live-fire drills near N. Korea as S. Korea & US escalate activity -- RT
China's Navy Is Holding Drills Off The Coast Of North Korea -- But Who Are They Meant To Impress? -- Forbes
Forget Stealth Fighters: This Is the Plane China Needs to Take on America -- National Interest
As tensions ease, China keeps building on disputed islands -- Military Times/AP
What Could Threaten Indian Military Modernization? -- Aviation Week
Russia Could Attack Underwater Internet Cables, Warns British Military Chief -- Radio Free Europe
German military kicks off heavy lift helicopter competition: source -- Reuters
Three Things the US Military Needs to Fight in Europe -- Defense One
US Army may send larger deployments to Europe -- Defense News
Combat Mission Sets New B-52 Smart Bomb Record -- Oriana Pawlyk, DefenseTech
United Technologies awarded $6.7B contract for F-22 engine -- UPI
US Military's New Missile Can Kill Chinese and Russian Ships With Stealth, Precision -- Newsweek
Why America's Nuclear Aircraft Carriers Need a Mission Adjustment -- Angus Ross & Andrew Savchenko, National Interest
New Navy secretary report criticizes service culture and top brass decisions -- Navy Times
A New Report Reveals Why the U.S. Navy Is in Big Trouble (And Offers a Solution) -- Dave Majumdar, National Interest
Boeing tapped to sustain Space-Based Space Surveillance system -- UPI
US military orders new investigation after report that special operations killed Somali civilians -- ABC News
Four companies advance to build Army’s equipment transport ground robot -- Defense News
American exodus? 17,000 US defense suppliers may have left the defense sector -- Defense News
We Don't Want Another Titanic.' 1,000 Icebergs Drifted Into Shipping Lanes in 2017, Coast Guard Says -- Time
Nuclear Deterrence In a New Age -- Keith B. Payne, National Institute for Public Policy
A huge military buildup is underway in Qatar. But who will man the systems? -- Chirine Mouchantaf, Defense News
Why the A-10 Warthog Will Fly Forever -- Jared Keller, National Interest/Task & Purpose
US Army Study Finds Flaws With Military's Pivotal Assault on Mosul -- Wall Street Journal
Report: Trump's Military Buildup Will Cost Additional $295 Billion over Next 4 Years -- The National Interest
U.S. Military Could Lose Next War -- Bill Gertz, The Washington Time
1 comment:
Ditch the guns and just make them kamikaze ROV's, that would really give you the most fear and shock for your buck!
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