Weapons
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U.S. Army Assures Public That Robot Tank System Adheres To AI Murder Policy
Last month, the U.S. Army put out a call to private companies for ideas about how to improve its planned semi-autonomous, AI-driven targeting system for tanks. In its request, the Army asked for help enabling the Advanced Targeting and Lethality Automated System (ATLAS) to “acquire, identify, and engage targets at least 3X faster than the current…
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Russia Tests New Hypersonic Missile System Under Direct Orders From President Putin
Russia tested a new hypersonic glide missile system today under direct orders from President Vladimir Putin, according to reports from Russian state media. The new system, called the Avangard, utilises an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and a hypersonic glide vehicle and is supposed to travel at roughly five times the speed of sound.
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US Air Force Says Latest Missile Test ‘Not Related To Any Real World Events’
The US Air Force published a video overnight showing its latest missile test from Tuesday. But the Air Force insists that the test is “not related to any real world events.” The unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The missile, which is capable of carrying…
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Trump: What We Really Need Right Now Is A Lot More Nukes
The US has had a brief respite from nuclear apocalypticism after that brief period when Donald Trump seemed pretty likely to start a war with North Korea via Twitter. But this being Trump, the power of the US nuclear arsenal has never seemed very far from his mind, and on Saturday he announced the country…