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Under an ambitious program, dubbed Replicator, the Pentagon aims to field thousands of autonomous systems within two years to counter China. The effort is being spearheaded by Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks. Politico reports: Hicks said the ti… Continue reading Pentagon Bets On Quick Production of Autonomous Systems To Counter China
An anonymous reader shared this report from the New York Times:
It is powered into flight by a rocket engine. It can fly a distance equal to the width of China. It has a stealthy design and is capable of carrying missiles that can hit enemy targets fa… Continue reading US Air Force Tests an AI -Powered Drone Aircraft Prototype
The NSA discovered the intrusion in 2020—we don’t know how—and alerted the Japanese. The Washington Post has the story:
The hackers had deep, persistent access and appeared to be after anything they could get their hands on—plans, capabilities, assessments of military shortcomings, according to three former senior U.S. officials, who were among a dozen current and former U.S. and Japanese officials interviewed, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.
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The 2020 penetration was so disturbing that Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command, and Matthew Pottinger, who was White House deputy national security adviser at the time, raced to Tokyo. They briefed the defense minister, who was so concerned that he arranged for them to alert the prime minister himself…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: The founder and former CEO of Russia’s largest internet company, Arkady Volozh, has slammed Vladimir Putin’s “barbaric” war in Ukraine, becoming one of the most prominent Russian businessmen to express crit… Continue reading Founder of Russia’s Largest Internet Company Slams ‘Barbaric’ Invasion of Ukraine
After a hurricane hit Florida, 484 buildings just at the Tyndall Air Force base were destroyed or damaged beyond repair. Five years later, it’s part of a $5 billion, nine-year rebuilding effort the Washington Post describes as rare “blank slate.” The p… Continue reading US Air Force Builds $5B Climate-Resilient ‘Base of the Future’ with Robot Dogs and AI Security
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Politico: President Joe Biden has determined that Colorado Springs will be the permanent headquarters of U.S. Space Command, reversing a Trump administration decision to move the facility to Alabama, the Pentago… Continue reading Biden Reverses Trump Decision, Keeps Space Command In Colorado
Long-time Slashdot reader hpickens writes: Richard A. Muller Has an interesting op-ed in the WSJ that asserts that World War III may not be what you expect (Source paywalled; alternative source) and that a two-front biological and cyberattack could lea… Continue reading ‘World War III Will Be Fought With Viruses’
A new article in the Washington Post reports that even internally, “Space Force officials are still debating its priorities, analysts say: Is it to support warfighters on the ground? Or should it focus primarily on protecting assets in space? Or both?”… Continue reading What’s the Mission of the US Space Force?
By Waqas
Service members in the United States military have been receiving unsolicited smartwatches through the mail, which unsurprisingly contain malware.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US Military Personnel Targeted by Unsol… Continue reading US Military Personnel Targeted by Unsolicited Smartwatches Linked to Data Breaches
Satellite internet used to be a woeful thing. Early networks relied on satellites in geostationary orbits, with high latency and minimal bandwidth keeping user demand low. That was until Starlink …read more Continue reading China Plans Its Own Megaconstellation To Challenge Starlink