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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

Is That Bug A Spy?
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Is That Bug A Spy?

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Tech Inspired By Nikola Tesla Charges Drones In Mid-Air
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Tech Inspired By Nikola Tesla Charges Drones In Mid-Air

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China Type 055 destroyer cruiser
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China’s Largest Surface Warship Takes Shape

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China Space Program Taikonaut Shenzhou 11 Tiangong 2
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China Launches Taikonauts For Month-Long Stay On The Tiangong-2 Space Station

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

What Do You Do With 34 Metric Tons Of Weapons-Grade Plutonium?
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What Do You Do With 34 Metric Tons Of Weapons-Grade Plutonium?

By Michael Koziol

IED Drone Kills Kurdish Soldiers, French Commandos
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IED Drone Kills Kurdish Soldiers, French Commandos

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Thermobaric Bombs And Other Nightmare Weapons Of The Syrian Civil War
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Thermobaric Bombs And Other Nightmare Weapons Of The Syrian Civil War

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Drone Sets Record For Longest Flight Time By VTOL Aircraft
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Drone Sets Record For Longest Flight Time By VTOL Aircraft

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Harop Drone At 2013 Paris Air Show
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Autonomous Weapons Are Already Here

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Robot Submarine Launches Drone At Command Of Autonomous Navy Ship
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Robot Submarine Launches Drone At Command Of Autonomous Navy Ship

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Flight MH-17 Investigation Points To Missile From Russia
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Flight MH-17 Investigation Points To Missile From Russia

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Visualizing Electronic Warfare
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BAE Systems Wants To Defeat Jammers With Thinking Machines

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China quantum radar single photon CETC
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China Says It Has Quantum Radar: What Does That Mean?

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China is Trying Out A New Assault Rifle
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China is Trying Out A New Assault Rifle

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

3D-Printed Gun Files Aren’t Free Speech, Court Rules
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3D-Printed Gun Files Aren’t Free Speech, Court Rules

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Bell Made A Tiltrotor Drone With Missiles For Marines
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Bell Made A Tiltrotor Drone With Missiles For Marines

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China Low Altitude Guard II Laser Weapon
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China Sells A New Laser Gun

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

China Joint Sea 2016
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The Chinese-Russian South China Sea Naval Exercises: What Happened And Why Did It Matter?

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

The DAVD prototype
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Navy Divers Will Soon Have One Of The Most Futuristic Views On The Planet

By Kate Baggaley

How To Detect Nuclear Warheads Without Revealing Their Secrets
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How To Detect Nuclear Warheads Without Revealing Their Secrets

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China J-15A carrier fighter
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The Next Generation of China’s Carrier-Borne Fighter, The Flying Shark, Takes to the Skies

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

New Hand Grenade Design For U.S. Army In The Works
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New Hand Grenade Design For U.S. Army In The Works

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Air Force’s Newest Bomber Plane Is Named The B-21 Raider
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The Air Force’s Newest Bomber Plane Is Named The B-21 Raider

By Kelsey D. Atherton

How A Pressure Cooker Bomb Works [Infographic]
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How A Pressure Cooker Bomb Works [Infographic]

By Kelsey D. Atherton

North Korea Could Be 5 Years Away From Making A Nuclear Missile
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North Korea Could Be 5 Years Away From Making A Nuclear Missile

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The First Tanks Went To War 100 Years Ago Today
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The First Tanks Went To War 100 Years Ago Today

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Skynet Anti-Drone Rifle Can Jam Signals In The Air
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Skynet Anti-Drone Rifle Can Jam Signals In The Air

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Marine Corps Commandant Wants Robots To Assist With ‘Dirty’ Work
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Marine Corps Commandant Wants Robots To Assist With ‘Dirty’ Work

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Iran Wants To Make Its Navy Seem More Powerful With This New Ship
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Iran Wants To Make Its Navy Seem More Powerful With This New Ship

By Kelsey D. Atherton

F-16 Autopilot Saves Unconscious Pilot's Life
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Watch This F-16 Take Over When A Pilot Passes Out

By G. Clay Whittaker

Antonov An-225 Buran Space Shuttle
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China Will Resurrect The World’s Largest Cargo Plane

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

People looking at hovercraft
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The Army Is Definitely Still Working On A Hoverbike

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Army Prepares To Cut The Mustard
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Army Prepares To Cut The Mustard

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Radars of the Lost Arc
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Radars of the Lost Arc

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Tigr With Remotely Controlled Gun
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Russian Armored Car Is Now Remote-Controllable

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Boeing Wants Artillery To Fight Forest Fires
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Boeing Wants Artillery To Fight Forest Fires

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China Martian Probe Mission Lander
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China’s Martian Lander Looks for 2020, and a Name

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

Soldiers With Multipurpose Unmanned Tactical Transport Robot
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Army Tests War Robots In The Pacific

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Companies Using Prison Labor Made Thousands Of Shoddy Helmets For American Troops
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Companies Using Prison Labor Made Thousands Of Shoddy Helmets For American Troops

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Read Nikola Tesla’s Drone Patent… From 1898
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Read Nikola Tesla’s Drone Patent… From 1898

By Kelsey D. Atherton

General Chuck Yeager Is An Ace On Twitter
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General Chuck Yeager Is An Ace On Twitter

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Rheinmetall High Energy Laser
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DARPA Wants A New Anti-Drone Weapon By 2020

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China Launches Quantum Satellite In Search Of Unhackable Communications
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China Launches Quantum Satellite In Search Of Unhackable Communications

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

F-51D Mustang At Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, in September 1952
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During The Cold War, America Wanted To Hide Nukes In Iceland

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Taser With Built-In Heart Monitor Could Save Lives Of Those In Police Custody
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Taser With Built-In Heart Monitor Could Save Lives Of Those In Police Custody

By Coby McDonald

The Sun
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A Solar Storm Almost Led The U.S. To War With The Soviet Union

By Mary Beth Griggs

China Space Plane Hybrid Combined Cycle Engine Hypersonic
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China’s Hybrid Spaceplane Could Reset The 21st Century Space Race

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge Ends In Triumph
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DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge Ends In Triumph

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Forgotten Cold War Waste Will Re-emerge With Global Warming
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Forgotten Cold War Waste Will Re-emerge With Global Warming

By Meaghan Lee Callaghan

Iran Announces New Drone For Jamming Communications
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Iran Announces New Drone For Jamming Communications

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Defense Companies Propose Launching Drones From Airborne Carriers
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Defense Companies Propose Launching Drones From Airborne Carriers

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The U.S. Military Is Patrolling Djibouti With Robot Golf Carts
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The U.S. Military Is Patrolling Djibouti With Robot Golf Carts

By Kelsey D. Atherton

karl urban star trek beyond
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‘Star Trek Beyond’ Is A War Story In A Universe Without War

By Kelsey D. Atherton

American Military Will Test Toyota Trucks For War
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American Military Will Test Toyota Trucks For War

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Flyboard In Flight
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Homeland Security Company Wants To Sell Hoverboards To The Military

By Kelsey D. Atherton

China And US Train Together At Submarine Rescue
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China And US Train Together At Submarine Rescue

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

This New Method Could ​Tell The Difference Between Fake Nukes and Real Ones
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This New Method Could ​Tell The Difference Between Fake Nukes and Real Ones

By Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Does The President Really Have Access To The “Nuclear Codes?”
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Does The President Really Have Access To The “Nuclear Codes?”

By Samantha Cole

Xianglong Drone China Guizhou Aircraft Corporation
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Soar Eagle! China’s Coolest Looking Drone Enters Production

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

J-20 stealth fighter China
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Four in a Row: China’s Stealth Fighter Fleet Grows Again

By Jeffrey Lin and P.W. Singer

GOP Platform Vows To Protect U.S. From A Fantasy Weapon
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GOP Platform Vows To Protect U.S. From A Fantasy Weapon

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Northrop Grumman Andros F6A Robot
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Did The Dallas Bomb Robot Set A Precedent For Police?

By Kelsey D. Atherton

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