China to extend UAV combat range as first mission nears for ‘drone mother ship’ Jiu Tian
Super-high altitude UAV with 7,000km range and ability to release up to 100 units of small drones will take off on first mission by June-end. Read More Here
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US Efforts to Contain Xi’s Push for Tech Supremacy Are Faltering
China is quickly setting itself up to be ahead in crucial future technologies, leaving the rest of the world struggling, as the Made in China 2025 takes deep roots in an economy seen differently from the outside. Read More Here.
US Trails China In Key Tech Areas, New Report Warns
China leads the United States in 5G, commercial drones, offensive hypersonic weapons, and lithium-battery production,” the report said, while the U.S. is ahead in biotech, quantum computing, cloud computing, commercial space technologies, and has a small lead in artificial intelligence. Read More Here
Terrorist Groups, Artificial Intelligence, And Killer Drones
Terrorist groups are increasingly using 21st-century technologies, including drones and elementary artificial intelligence (AI), in attacks. As it continues to be weaponised, AI could prove a formidable threat, allowing adversaries — including non-state actors — to automate killing on a massive scale. The combination of drone expertise and more sophisticated AI could allow terrorist groups […]
Mapping A World From Hell
The Costs of War Project identifies no less than 76 countries, 39% of those on the planet, as involved in that global conflict. That means places like Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Somalia, and Libya where U.S. drone or other air strikes are the norm and U.S. ground troops (often Special Operations forces) have been either directly […]
Seven Things We Learned About China In September
While everyone is talking about face recognition on new phones, China is already developing some surprising applications for this technology such as smiling to pay for your meal, using your face and your voice to access your residence hall at university, enforcing social norms by, for example, naming and shaming jaywalkers, and catching criminals on their day off. Read Here […]
When Robots Storm The Beach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rufkVCxjdY The future of amphibious warfare looks like a constellation of bots large and small. The main challenge now is getting them to talk to each other Read Here – Defense One
How A Single Spy Helped Turn Pakistan Against The United States
The entire episode — and bin Laden’s killing in Abbottabad later that spring — extinguished any lingering productive relations between the United States and Pakistan. Leon Panetta’s relationship with General Pasha, the I.S.I. chief, was poisoned, and the already small number of Obama officials pushing for better relations between Washington and Islamabad dwindled even further. […]
The Multibillion-Dollar U.S. Spy Agency You Haven’t Heard Of
Despite its lack of name recognition, the NGA’s (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) headquarters is the third-largest building in the Washington metropolitan area, bigger than the CIA headquarters and the U.S. Capitol. Completed in 2011 at a cost of $1.4 billion, the main building measures four football fields long and covers as much ground as two aircraft […]
What Obama Wishes He Could Say About ISIL
President Barack Obama has more he could say in response to the questions about ISIL he’s getting pummeled with since the Paris attacks. They’re just not, according to people familiar with his thinking, things that he wants to say out loud. Read Here – Politico
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