Tag: Future Combat Systems
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our new robot army will be controlled by malware
from register: A US defence department advisory board has warned of the danger that American war robots scheduled for delivery within a decade might be riddled with malicious code. The kill machines will use software largely written overseas, and it is feared that sinister forces might meddle with it in production, thus gaining control of…
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darpa ‘predicts’ use of virtual satellites
from thought criminal: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is predicting that in the future “virtual satellites” circling the globe will peer down on enemy forces. Instead of one expensive 10,000-pound spacecraft, the spy camera will float alone, unattached to other components. The onboard processor and communications node, for example, will orbit nearby and the…
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air force eyes energy shields & microwave bombs
from wired: Energy shields, microwave bombs, and laser-firing gunships – those are just a few of the ideas the Air Force has in mind for its future arsenal. Susan Thornton, head of the Air Force Research Lab’s Directed Energy Directorate, laid out the sci-fi-style vision (1.1mb PDF) at the 33rd Annual Air Armament Symposium, held…
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china testing space weapons
from ap: A Chinese submarine will send test signals that could change the course of a satellite when China launches its first moon orbiter, as part of the country’s effort to develop space war technology, a human rights watchdog said Tuesday. The Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said two survey ships are deployed…
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robochoppers, robobugs, radiohead & rudy
boeing robo-chopper for darpa’s super-spyeyefrom uk register: Arms’n’airliners behemoth Boeing has announced that its autonomous robotic stealth chopper, the A160T, will be the initial carrying platform for a new US airborne surveillance payload. The radical new spy system will not be so much an aerial camera as an all-seeing insect-style compound bugeye able to simultaneously…
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heard about stratcom?
from op-ed news: They used to call it the Strategic Air Command (SAC). They were in charge of the nuclear bombers and nuclear missiles. Then the Pentagon changed the name to the Strategic Command – StratCom. StratCom is headquartered at Offutt AFB in Omaha, Nebraska. Their mission now includes being in charge of “full-spectrum global…
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september clearinghouse
ron paul – the internet sensation video: kevin barrett questions amy goodman on building 7 international narcotics agenda behind myanmar instability cheney to address top secret conservative policy group gun bill rewrites law to disarm more americans defense stocks hit new highs pentagon seeks $190bn war funds security company death squads timeline mukasey poised to…