What Is Ukraine’s Spooky New “Alien Road Scanner” Weapon?

A Russian FPV drone was destroyed after an encounter with a weird new Ukrainian weapon. Is this a high-powered laser or something else entirely?

Air Force Acquires Mobile Units Making Fuel From Air And Electricity

The U.S. Air Force is acquiring AIRCO’s containerized system which can produce aviation fuel anywhere int he world, with the first unit to be delivered next year.

Startup Loft Orbital Is Launching AI-Powered Satellites This Fall

Building space-based AI. Designing new molecules with quantum computers. Why pink noise is bad for your sleep. All that and more in this week’s edition of The Prototype.

Why U.S. May Not Be Able To Stop Iran’s Shahed Drone Attacks

Unlike ballistic missiles, attack drones can be produced and launched with minimal infrastructure, making them difficult targets. Iran may continue attacks indefinitely.

“Putin’s Poisons” Used In UK Attacks Portend Chemical War On NATO

Russia’s theatrical assassinations of Putin’s critics via exotic banned poisons could presage the mass deployment of chemical weapons by Moscow in a future war with NATO.

Learning At War Speed: How Ukraine’s Air Defence Is Evolving

Ukraine’s air defenses have evolved over four years to counter an ever-growing threat from missiles and drones, shofting from machine-guns to interceptor drones.

What Space Leaders Say Behind Closed Doors

In the second space race, speed is decisive. Misaligned capital, policy and culture are America’s greatest strategic vulnerability.

Should AI Go To War? Anthropic And The Pentagon Fight It Out

Anthropic and the Pentagon clash over military AI use, exposing legal, ethical and national security tensions shaping the future of AI in warfare.

Strategists War-Game Preemptive Strike On Russia’s Nuclear-Armed ASAT

To protect Allied astronauts and spacecraft, U.S. commanders need to stage a preemptive strike on Russia’s atomic-armed ASAT missile before it can be launched into orbit.

Russia Is Launching FPVs From Drone Motherships

Russian Gerbera long-range decoy/attack drones are now acting as motherships for small FPV quadcopters.