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Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void, but out of chaos.” Mary Shelley, “Frankenstein,” 1818 ...

Australia has the chance to become a world leader in drone and autonomous weapon technology if it supercharges investment in ...

The future of warfare felt a lot like playing a video game. Soldiers fastened on virtual-reality glasses and then moved their fingers across the joystick in their palms. A small drone buzzed and ...

Global military expenditures have increased every year for a decade, reaching a record $2.7 trillion in 2024. NATO allies are undertaking their largest defense spending expansion in history. Defense ...

Within months of the Cuban Missile Crisis, weapons designers at Los Alamos National Laboratory began engineering what would become the longest-serving and most adaptable weapon in America’s nuclear ...

The Brahmastra is often described as a divine weapon, yet many ancient texts hint at a power comparable to or even greater ...

In September 1943, the Italian battleship Roma was steaming toward Malta to surrender to the Allies when a pair of German Dornier Do 217 bombers appeared overhead. The planes released two Fritz X ...

SLBMs can be launched from underwater nearly anywhere in the world—and are incredibly difficult to intercept, making them ...