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China and Russia are teaming up to create the next generation of jumbo jet
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China and Russia are teaming up to create the next generation of jumbo jet

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China’s new submarine engine is poised to revolutionize underwater warfare
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China’s new submarine engine is poised to revolutionize underwater warfare

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Ocean Aero Submaran
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Watch a Navy robot submarine launch a drone

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China is developing a warship of naval theorists’ dreams
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China is developing a warship of naval theorists’ dreams

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Chinese delivery JD.com Drone
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In China, an e-commerce giant builds the world’s biggest delivery drone

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle
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The Air Force wants you to know about its secret robotic spacecraft, the X-37B

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China C919 Airliner
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China has a new jetliner—here’s what that means

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China L-15B Jet Trainer CAS Hongdu
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China’s air force has a new ground-attack plane

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China J-31 stealth fighter
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China’s J-31 stealth fighter gets an improved prototype—and a potential future on a carrier

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Type 054A Jingzhou Frigate China
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China’s naval task force begins its 6-month, 20-nation grand tour

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

The U.S. Navy is designing safer batteries, because no one wants a fire at sea
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The U.S. Navy is designing safer batteries, because no one wants a fire at sea

By Rob Verger

In photos: where Navy warships are built
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In photos: where Navy warships are built

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Daenerys Targaryen weaponry
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What it’s like to design catapults for the Mother of Dragons

By Tommy Dunne, Armorer and Weapons Master for Game of Thrones. As told to Rachel Feltman.

China’s first robot cargo spaceship just went into orbit
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China’s first robot cargo spaceship just went into orbit

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China is building the world’s largest nuclear submarine facility
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China is building the world’s largest nuclear submarine facility

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China hypersonic aircraft
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A look at China’s most exciting hypersonic aerospace programs

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

The bunker-busting nuclear bomb that almost was
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The bunker-busting nuclear bomb that almost was

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Pentagon just dropped the ‘mother of all bombs,’ its biggest non-nuclear weapon
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The Pentagon just dropped the ‘mother of all bombs,’ its biggest non-nuclear weapon

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How Syria is still using chemical weapons in 2017
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How Syria is still using chemical weapons in 2017

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Report: Iran built a guided missile in a drone’s body for rebels in Yemen
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Report: Iran built a guided missile in a drone’s body for rebels in Yemen

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China’s Marine Corps is getting bigger and stronger
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China’s Marine Corps is getting bigger and stronger

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Here’s how China is battling drones
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Here’s how China is battling drones

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Operation Upshot-Knothole Annie Nuclear Test
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Watch a 1953 nuclear blast test disintegrate a house in high resolution

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Minitaur in snow
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A new legged robot wants to wobble, crawl, and bounce its way into the market

By Kelsey D. Atherton

In war, it’s not just your allies that matter—their allies matter too. And so do theirs.
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In war, it’s not just your allies that matter—their allies matter too. And so do theirs.

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China Silent Hunter laser at Dubai IDEX 2017
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Drones, lasers, and tanks: China shows off its latest weapons

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Meet China’s triple-hulled warship of the future
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Meet China’s triple-hulled warship of the future

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

L-15 JL-10 jet fighter trainer
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The Chinese Air Force is about to get a swarm of fighter jets for training pilots

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

What’s next for the drone war?
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What’s next for the drone war?

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Ehang 184
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Chinese passenger drones are coming to Dubai

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

DARPA Tern Concept Video
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DARPA’s new drone wants to cover the sea with air support

By Kelsey D. Atherton

No one knows the best way to stop a drone
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No one knows the best way to stop a drone

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Drone Snagged By SideArm Landing System
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Watch DARPA’s robot arm catch a drone in mid-air

By Kelsey D. Atherton

North Korea could test an intercontinental missile this year
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North Korea could test an intercontinental missile this year

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Qian Xuesen
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Take it from history: Visa bans make us less secure

By P.W. Singer

The nuclear arsenals of China and the U.S.: Plans for a future armageddon
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The nuclear arsenals of China and the U.S.: Plans for a future armageddon

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Landspace Technology China Space Private
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A private Chinese space company just scored a foreign contract for the first time

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China manned lunar mission landing gear
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To get a man on the moon, China’s program takes cues from the Apollo lunar lander

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Even the ‘most transparent administration in history’ failed to pardon Snowden
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Even the ‘most transparent administration in history’ failed to pardon Snowden

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Small Scale Model Of The Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle
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Come watch the Army’s hoverbike prototype fly

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China Sharp Sword stealth UCAV Lijian
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Meet China’s Sharp Sword, a stealth drone that can likely carry 2 tons of bombs

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Army Artillery Crew With Task Force Strike
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ISIS is dropping bombs with drones in Iraq

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China’s new aircraft carrier hints at the future of its navy
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China’s new aircraft carrier hints at the future of its navy

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Perdix drone in flight
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The Pentagon’s new drone swarm heralds a future of autonomous war machines

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China’s new ballistic missile submarine could change its prospects in nuclear war
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China’s new ballistic missile submarine could change its prospects in nuclear war

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

F-35As In Flight
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You can’t replace the F-35 with an F-18 any more than you can replace an aircraft carrier with a cruise ship

By Kelsey D. Atherton

J-20 China stealth fighter Chengdu
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Did China’s first stealth fighter unit just go operational?

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

NASA Eagleworks EmDrive
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EmDrive: China claims success with this ‘reactionless’ engine for space travel

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

ISIS mortar production facility, Gogjali
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Report from ISIS factory of war reveals a vast, standardized arsenal

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Iranian Anti-Drone Rifle
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Iran revealed an anti-drone rifle

By Kelsey D. Atherton

DAPL
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There will be #NoDAPL at Lake Oahe. What now?

By Mary Beth Griggs

This drone gun knocks drones out of the sky gently, with radio waves
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This drone gun knocks drones out of the sky gently, with radio waves

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Pentagon won’t say why its targeting manual was released online
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The Pentagon won’t say why its targeting manual was released online

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China is testing a new long-range, air-to-air missile that could thwart U.S. plans for air warfare
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China is testing a new long-range, air-to-air missile that could thwart U.S. plans for air warfare

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China X-ray Pulsar navigation XPNAV-1
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China’s deep spacecraft will be guided by X-ray pulses from distant stars

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Robot flying taxi takes its first autonomous flight
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Robot flying taxi takes its first autonomous flight

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The new exoskeletons, tanks and ATVs that China will bring to a future battle: The Ground Gear of the Zhuhai Airshow
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The new exoskeletons, tanks and ATVs that China will bring to a future battle: The Ground Gear of the Zhuhai Airshow

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

C919 Zhuhai 2016 China COMAC jetliner
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China just showed off its next generation of mega-planes

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Come look at China’s coolest new missiles
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Come look at China’s coolest new missiles

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

ISIS Drone Spotted In Mosul
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What We Know About ISIS’s Scratch-built Drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Detail of the Laser Weapon System (LaWS) on the USS Ponce. The laser gun is a white cylinder on top of a gray ship.
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Drones Fight Back Against Laser Weapons

By David Hambling

China launched the Long March 5, its largest-ever rocket
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China launched the Long March 5, its largest-ever rocket

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Cloud Shadow UAV drone China Zhuhai 2016
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China’s New Fleet Of Drones: Airshow Displays The Future Of Chinese Warbots And Swarms

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Alrobot And Operator
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Iraq’s War Robot Makes Battlefield Debut At Mosul

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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