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SkyNet Will Guide Unmanned Vehicles into Battle
Photo Release: the latest Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle to roll off the production line at Northrop Grumman. |
Los Angeles - Apr 24, 2002
With an increasing number of unmanned vehicles taking up positions on the modern battlefield, UCLA researchers are designing a portable, rapidly deployable network that will allow these robotic agents to communicate. The Multimedia Intelligent Network of Unattended Mobile Agents (Minuteman), a portable airborne network system, will provide local communications for the increasing array of unmanned air vehicles and unmanned ground vehicles.
US Admiral Warns Of Cross-Strait Arms Race
Hong Kong (AFP) April 18, 2002
China's growing weaponry targeting Taiwan will eventually force the US to consider boosting the island's missile defenses, the top US Asia-Pacific military commander said Thursday. "China is continuing to deploy, and in fact has accelerated its deployment of missiles which range Taiwan -- these missiles can cause a great deal of destruction," said Admiral Dennis Blair, commander in chief of the US Pacific Command.
Malaysia Inks 364 Mln Dlr Missile Deals, Wants Subs
Kuala Lumpur, (AFP) April 10, 2002
Malaysia on Wednesday ordered British and Russian missile systems worth 364 million dollars to boost its air power and agreed to buy its first ever submarines, but denied the shopping spree was aggressive.
Proton Movies Used To Test Nuclear Stockpile and More
Albuquerque - Apr 22, 2002
A technique developed at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Laboratory uses protons to see inside explosively driven models of nuclear weapon components and other seemingly impenetrable objects.
Space Missile Systems Will Impact Astronomy And Space Exploration
An American plan to develop space-based missile defense systems has generated heated debate, but most commentators have overlooked an important and potentially destructive consequence of placing weapons in orbit around the Earth.
L-3 To Provide TT&C Hardware For Space Test Program
San Diego - Apr 22, 2002
The Conic enterprise of L-3 Communications' newly formed Telemetry-West division announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Spectrum Astro, Inc. (SAI) to provide Telemetry, Tracking and Control (TT&C) hardware for the Space Test Program's (STP) Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS) program.
Sally Ride Speaks On The Tactical Role Of Space In National Security
Stanford - Apr 22, 2002
"Space is a real priority for national security," astronaut and alumna Sally Ride told a packed audience April 10 during the annual Drell Lecture, sponsored by the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). Space has been used for military purposes for decades, she said, although so far no weapons have been deployed in space and no ground weapons have attacked satellites.
Homeland Defense Could See Tighter Controls On University Education
Washington (AFP) April 10, 2002
The Bush administration could prevent foreign nationals from studying certain subjects that could bear on the development of weapons of mass destruction, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Critics Of US Say Nuclear Bunker-Buster Would Not Be Clean Bomb
New York (AFP) April 9, 2002
Critics of US nuclear policy said that bombs designed to destroy targets deep underground would spew enough radioactive fallout to kill tens of thousands at street level.
Dassault, Sagem Announce Plan To Develop Tactical Drones
Paris (AFP) April 17, 2002
The French aerospace group Dassault Aviation and electronics equipment maker Sagem announced Wednesday an agreement to develop pilotless aircraft, or drones, for military use.
Defending The Data
Fayetteville - Apr 18, 2002
War is being waged around the globe, but the target is neither people nor buildings -- it is data. Stored in networked computers, huge databases enable everything from business transactions to military operations, medical research and Internet browsing. But in information warfare adversaries attack these databases and modify or delete data. The damage can range from loss of money to loss of lives.
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