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The Zephyr solar plane made by Airbus

Technology

Why the US military could replace spy satellites with solar planes

The US military has spent billions of dollars on spy satellites and supersonic surveillance aircraft, but now it seems to be focusing on slow, lightweight solar-powered planes to do the same job

Analysis

A Black Hawk helicopter flying autonomously

Technology

Unpiloted military helicopter flies 134 km in simulated mission

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy and drone

Technology

Will Ukraine deploy lethal autonomous drones against Russia?

Analysis

D9GGF5 Fleet of Navy ships transit the Arabian Sea.

Environment

The Pentagon, Climate Change, and War review: US military emissions

Culture

A sign at the Porvenir massacre site

Humans

US Army bullets unexpectedly found at 1918 Mexico border massacre site

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A yellow robot dog

Technology

Boston Dynamics leads call to stop arming robots – will anyone listen?

Analysis

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Technology

Stealth rubber coating could make submarines nearly invisible to sonar

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A postprocessed version of a photo that has been made blurry by a signal injection attack

Technology

Spoofing cyberattack can make cameras see things that aren’t there

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Roughly one dozen mosquitoes rest upon a white piece of fabric

Technology

The US military is making uniforms with built-in bug spray

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Artificial reef

Technology

US military wants to build fake reefs to protect bases from storms

The US military is funding research to develop "Reefense" structures that rapidly recruit oysters and coral for defence against storm surges

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Technology

UK military investigating quantum computers for battlefield tanks

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Environment

Foam made from algae and tree bark acts as good forest camouflage

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Technology

Drones armed with a small microwave weapon can shoot down other drones

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Technology

Meet the amateur drone pilots defending Ukraine’s border with Russia

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