Archive for the 'War' Category
Navy F/A-18 Squadron Commander’s Take On AI Repeatedly Beating Real Pilot In Dogfight
August 24th, 2020Via: Warzone: Everyone has an opinion when it comes to the stunning results of DARPA’s AlphaDogfight trials, now hear what the skipper of a fighter squadron thinks.
Mexican Drug Cartel Attacks City with Consumer-Grade Drones Packed with C-4
August 22nd, 2020Via: Daily Mail: Mexico’s fastest growing cartel has allegedly deployed drones packed with C4 explosives as it battles against armed residents for control over a city. For over a year now, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel has attempted to exert its influence on the western city of Tepalcatepec. However, a group of armed residents say […]
Heron Systems AI Defeats Elite U.S. Air Force Pilot in Simulated Dogfight
August 20th, 2020Final round: Via: Defense Daily: Heron Systems Inc. took first place in the third and final competition in DARPA’s AlphaDogfight trials (ADT) on Aug 20 between artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled F-16 simulators and U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps pilots. Founded in 1993, Heron is a small AI firm located near Patuxent Naval Air Station, […]
Live French Air-to-Air Missile Sent to Florida Company
August 20th, 2020There are many stories about this incident that don’t mention anything at all about how this could have happened. The Popular Mechanics piece below offers: The Matra Super 530 is an older, obsolete radar-guided missile. Draken flies the French-made Mirage F1M multi-role fighter, which was equipped with the Matra Super 530 during its military service. […]
ShadowGate
August 15th, 2020Under normal circumstances, before posting this, I probably would have sifted through it for a couple of days to try to verify the main points. But… Millie Weaver, the independent reporter who produced and directed the film, has just been indicted and arrested in Ohio: According to the information I obtained through my investigative inquiries […]
U.S. Confirms Seizure of Iranian Fuel on Venezuela-Bound Ships
August 14th, 2020Via: AFP: The US Justice Department on Friday confirmed it had seized the fuel cargo aboard four tankers sent by Iran to crisis-wracked Venezuela, tying the shipments to Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards and stepping up the pressure on its foe. “With the assistance of foreign partners, this seized property is now in US custody,” the Justice […]
U.S. Special Forces Active in 22 African Countries
August 14th, 2020Via: Mint Press News: A new report published in South African newspaper The Mail and Guardian has shed light on the opaque world of the American military presence in Africa. Last year, elite U.S. Special Operations forces were active in 22 African countries. This accounts for 14 percent of all American commandos deployed overseas, the […]
“Bomb Carbon” Has Been Found in Deep-Ocean Creatures
August 12th, 2020Via: Scientific American: Until now, it has been unclear whether bomb carbon has managed to spread into the farthest crevices of the world, especially the deepest seas. It would have taken natural oceanic circulation about 1,000 years to carry it to the depths of the Mariana Trench. And in fact, testing for the new study […]
Shipments of Nearly 20,000 Fake Driver’s Licenses Seized at Chicago Airport
August 10th, 2020Via: Fox: Advances in technology may have made counterfeiting more difficult but crooks keep finding a way to stay in business. In fact, federal customs officers have seized 1,513 shipments from overseas containing fraudulent documents—19,888 counterfeit U.S. driver’s licenses—just at Chicago O’Hare International Airport this year through the end of June. Most of the shipments […]
Pentagon Picks SpaceX and ULA to Remain Its Primary Launch Providers
August 7th, 2020Via: Space News: The Department of the Air Force announced Aug. 7 that incumbents United Launch Alliance and SpaceX have been selected to receive five-year contracts totaling $653 million to launch national security satellites for the U.S. military and intelligence agencies. The companies beat Blue Origin and Northrop Grumman in the four-way competition known as […]
