Space Defender: Interview With Air Force Lt. Gen. John W. Raymond
U.S. Air ForceU.S. Air Force Lt. General John W. RaymondLt. Gen. Raymond serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., as well as Chief of Staff for...
View ArticleRussia's New Drone Rules Look A Lot Like America's
Image by author, from Russian Federation photo and Zimin.V.G. via Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0Vladimir Putin Eyes A DroneCheap drones are a worldwide phenomenon, and governments across the globe are...
View ArticleAir Force Turns To SpaceX And Orbital ATK To Build New Rockets For Military...
SpaceX, via Wikimedia CommonsFalcon 9 RocketSince the launch of the first satellite, space has been a rhetorical battleground. When the Cold War ended 25 years ago, it ushered in a bold new era of...
View ArticleRussia’s War Robots Are Less Than They Appear
Screenshot by author, from YouTubeMini Rex by LOBAEV RoboticsMost war robots aren’t. The icon of highly advanced machines at war is the modern combat drone, a sleek gray warplane with an unblinking eye...
View ArticleDrone Films Russia’s New Cosmodrome
Screenshot by author, from YouTubeVostochny CosmodromeWhen the Soviet Union broke apart, one thing the Russian space program lost was, well, space. Specifically, with the independence of Kazakhstan,...
View ArticleReport: Russians Were At Launch Site Of Missile That Took Down Flight MH-17
BellingcatBuk Missile LauncherPicture of Buk missile launcher 211, photographed on a training field near Kapustin Yar, 18 July 2013.How long is it possible to conceal a war crime? On July 17th, 2014,...
View ArticleRussia Wants To Test A Nuclear Space Engine In 2018
Space To Mars or bust Russia wants a nuclear space engine.
View ArticleRussia's New Combat Robot Is A Tiny Fireproof Tank
Military Unmanned Soldiers Serving Russia Russian combat robot might enter service this year…
View ArticleAstronaut Captures Gorgeous Image Of Volcanic Eruption In Russia
Space The smoking mountain Sometimes, where there's smoke, there's a volcano.
View ArticleRussian Embassy Tweets 'Command and Conquer' Screenshot To Illustrate War In...
Military Yikes Russia is bad at propaganda.
View ArticleMiddle Ages Reenactor Spears Drone Out Of The Sky
Aviation Unmanned Anachronistic Vehicle Dude speared a drone.
View ArticleThis Is What A Russian-American Expedition To The Arctic Looks Like
Animals Men dressed as bears Even if Elon gets a lot of the attention these days, there are many other Musks in the world.
View ArticleThe Four Newest Elements Now Have Names
Science Nihonium, moscovium, tennessine, and oganesson, oh my They've named the new elements!
View ArticleRussia Launches Largest Nuclear Ice Breaker
Environment Arctic Shipping to Exploit Global Warming It's not the global political ice breaker we'd like, but it does take advantage of global warming to traverse the Arctic Circle.
View ArticleWho Hacked The Democratic National Committee?
Military Cold cyberwar Russia likely hacked the DNC.
View ArticleHow Did Anthrax Flare Up In Siberia?
Health Hot days and melting permafrost In Russia last week several cases of Anthrax were reported in a reindeer herding community.
View ArticleNeural Networks Made This Russian Film Trailer Look Amazing
Entertainment Everything is more dramatic when it's bathed in Prisma filters When everyone wants their 30 seconds of Internet fame, what happens to our IRL relationships? A whole lot of drama and...
View ArticleSpace Station Crew Could Soon Be Down One Cosmonaut
Space Money's tight for the Russian space agency There could soon be one less ticket to the space station for cosmonauts, as the Roscosmos program looks for ways to cut costs.
View ArticleWho Hacked The NSA?
Technology The mystery behind the identity of the Shadow Brokers, an eight-foot-tall alien, and the diplomatic chess game surrounding a 234 MB leak Last week, a group called the "Shadow Brokers" stole...
View ArticleRussian Armored Car Is Now Remote-Controllable
Military The AI of the Tigr New remotely controlled Russian vehicle.
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