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Does China have a SUPERSONIC drone? Claims secret ‘Dark Sword’ project may already have flown
It is a battle to send a drone supersonic - and pits China against Britain. Experts have claimed that China's drone, called Dark Sword, is under secret development. It was unveiled in 2006 at an
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How the Pentagon’s Skynet Would Automate War
Pentagon officials are worried that the US military is losing its edge compared to competitors like China, and are willing to explore almost anything to stay on top—including creating watered-down versions of the Terminator
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China unveils laser drone defence system
Laser has 1.2-mile range and can bring down small low-flying aircraft within five seconds of locating target China has developed a highly accurate laser weapon system that can shoot down light drones at low altitude,
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War Matrix: New System to Enable Drones and Robots to Work Together
The U.S. military continues to seek ways to integrate combat systems into one seamless matrix of full spectrum dominance. In September 2011, Activist Post reported on a project called MUSIC - a fusion of aerial
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Dirigible Drones Will Watch the World From 13 Miles Up
With UAVs crowding navigable airspace and plans underway to put giant mega-satellites into orbit, it was just a matter of time before a drone-satellite hybrid was developed to fit between the two spaces. StratoBus, a
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Should Your Kids Know How to Bug Out…from School?
There are many alarming trends throughout the American public school system, and one of the most unsettling relates to “terror drills.”
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New Jet-Powered Drone Can Kill 1,800 Miles From Home Base
The U.S. may be forced to withdraw troops completely from Afghanistan by the end of the year. That’s bad news if you’re the CIA and your lethal drone flights over neighboring Pakistan rely on
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Killer robot flight: Video of UK’s autonomous drone released
The UK’s BAE Systems have unveiled footage of the unmanned combat drone, Taranis, on its maiden flight. While it hails the drone - capable of self-selecting targets - as “inspiration for nation,” activists are
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An Empire of Drones and Robots
Is there any doubt that America’s foreign policy, based upon maintaining a global empire, actually makes us less safe? The misgiving is that such intercession has any actual benefits to the citizens of the
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Boeing Tests Mammoth Hydrogen-Powered Drone
A massive unmanned spy plane being developed by Boeing completed its sixth test flight in mid-December, setting a new prototype endurance record by flying for more than five hours, company officials said
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Gen McChrystal: US drone activity causes ‘tremendous resentment’
A retired US general who commanded NATO troops in Afghanistan for one year has warned that as the Middle Eastern nation sits on the brink of civil war, western forces must contend with widespread
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Military drones set to get stronger chemical weapons and could soon make their OWN decisions during missions
Drones that can choose to vary from a set mission and search in ‘swarms’ could be patrolling skies within the next 25 years, according to a new roadmap. Unmanned aircraft holding more stronger chemical weapons
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The Future of Drone Swarm “Awareness”
Drones are changing along several developmental lines. They have been formally accepted by The Congress into U.S. skies, as many places of cities are slated to become commercial drone testing sites. This opens up
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I worked on the US drone program. The public should know what really goes on
Whenever I read comments by politicians defending the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Predator and Reaper program – aka drones – I wish I could ask them a few questions. I'd start with: "How many women
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US states await key drones decision – and the billions that could follow
The Raptr hovers stubbornly at an altitude of about 100 feet despite a lashing Oklahoma wind, its 73-inch rotor blades whirring like a swarm of buzzing bees. Then handler Curtis Sprague disconnects the remote
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RAF pilot unleashes hell on Taliban… from the comfort of an armchair in Lincolnshire: Mail given first glimpse inside drone HQ
Sitting before a bank of flickering computer screens and controls, the RAF pilot flies a drone in the skies above Afghanistan. But the airman is not operating the £10million Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from
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US tests classified spy drone with ‘superior stealth, efficiency capabilities’
The US Air Force is testing a large, top secret drone at Area 51, which outdoes the currently used unmanned aircrafts in terms of stealth and aerodynamic efficiency, US media report. The new superior drone
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Gov’t Can Send A Drone To Target Your Mobile Phone
Since 2001, armed Predator drones have been used by the CIA in many foreign nations to attack individuals on the ground. There’s a new revelation about them, too: In some cases, the NSA
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CIA Concerned Over Drone Expansion Across the Planet
It has been predicted that the development of drone surveillance by the U.S. would spark a global race to develop new drone capabilities, leading to a potentially dystopian future of drone wars where combat
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Confessions of a Drone Warrior
He was an experiment, really. One of the first recruits for a new kind of warfare in which men and machines merge. He flew multiple missions, but he never left his computer. He hunted
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