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Category Archives: Future Military
Contract warfare
The internet is awash in a story originating from the Wall Street Journal about how Iranian-backed insurgents in Iraq have “hacked” raw feeds from Predator drones in service there using cheap, commercially available software. While this development is troubling, it … Continue reading
Posted in Air Force, Culture, Current Operations, Defense, Funding, Future Military, Government, Military, Military Technology, Nations, News, Politics, Science and Technology, Spending, United States, Updates, World Watch, Worldview Item of the Day
Tagged acquisition, Military, rules, technology
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Battlebots
The US Navy’s Office of Naval Research released an omnibus report on the potential pitfalls of autonomous combat systems slated to be delpoyed by the US and other militaries in the coming decades. Among the report’s warnings is that future civilization could be threatened by an uprising of military robots against us all. […] Continue reading
Deducing a needle in a haystack?
Worldview Item of the Day
A group of UCLA geographers believe that they have discovered the location of Osama bin Laden through the use of deductive reasoning and advanced satellite imagery. […] Continue reading
Next, a jedi training droid
Worldview Tech Item of the Day FoxNews has an article on Lockheed’s Multiple Kill Vehicle test conducted at Edwards AFB in California at the beginning of December. Explained simply, the MKV is a warhead designed to be attached to a … Continue reading
Posted in Future Military, Military, Military Technology, News, Robotics, Science and Technology, Space, Worldview Item of the Day
Tagged Jedis, Military, Robotics, technology
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Six days to go
Six days to go until we elect the man who will have to deal with the inevitable crises of the next four years.
Senator Joe Biden was not off the mark when he pointed out that world will test the next president. The world’s intent to challenge the United States is already clearly evident. These tests will not even be manufactured, as Biden suggested, except for, perhaps, the test caused by the consequences of retreating from Iraq before that country is ready to care for itself without our help. Instead, these tests will be the natural extension of the forces at play in the world as it already is. […] Continue reading
Posted in Afghanistan, China, Current Operations, Defense, Elections, Foreign Policy, Future Military, Government, Iran, Iraq, Military, Nations, North Korea, Pakistan, Politics, Security, Syria, United States, Voting, World Watch
Tagged Elections, Nations, Tests
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