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?
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.
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.
Unlike ballistic missiles, attack drones can be produced and launched with minimal infrastructure, making them difficult targets. Iran may continue attacks indefinitely.
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.
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.
In the second space race, speed is decisive. Misaligned capital, policy and culture are America’s greatest strategic vulnerability.
Anthropic and the Pentagon clash over military AI use, exposing legal, ethical and national security tensions shaping the future of AI in warfare.
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.
Russian Gerbera long-range decoy/attack drones are now acting as motherships for small FPV quadcopters.