China Launches Stealth Drone from Amphibious Assault Ship (opens the source in a new tab)
China says its stealth drone flies off an amphib. If true, that's the future.
War
Russia Buys Ground Combat Robots (opens the source in a new tab)
In the middle term, robot tanks will be increasingly important.
Mike Griffin to Lead Defense Procurement (opens the source in a new tab)
In his defense, he got really good at wasting money as head of NASA
Scenario for a Pre-Emptive Strike on NK (opens the source in a new tab)
Speculates that it wouldn't be cruise missiles, instead b-2s leading
The Reality of Ancient Battlefields (opens the source in a new tab)
hat tip to Borepatch. Awesome article
First B-29 Formation Flight in 50 Years - Video (opens the source in a new tab)
Great history, beautiful video.
All You Need Is the Detonator (opens the source in a new tab)
Via Isegoria. This is the wave of the future. There will be lots more.
Trump to Ban Transgenders from Military (opens the source in a new tab)
"must be focused on decisive and overwhelming … victory"
US Army Wants Internet-of-War (opens the source in a new tab)
Given the security issues with IoT, might not be so clever
Navy Deploys Operational Laser Weapon (opens the source in a new tab)
LaWS deployed on the USS Ponce. Which name seems tragic or oddly apt.
New Army 50KW Laser in Development (opens the source in a new tab)
I don't think the Army has sharks, though.
Brain Implant Turns 'Loser' Mice into Aggressive Fighters (opens the source in a new tab)
Human military applications testing in 3, 2, ...
US to Create Independent Cyber Command (opens the source in a new tab)
Short of creating a new branch - but would get it away from the NSA
Successful Test of 3 Megajoule Blitzer™ Railgun (opens the source in a new tab)
General Atomics plans a 10MJ Railgun for next year
Successful Test of Mach 8 Hypersonic Missile (opens the source in a new tab)
Joint US-Australia project
Video of XB-70 Valkyrie Emergency Landing (opens the source in a new tab)
Cool story and amazing vid
US Shoots Down IRBM with THAAD (opens the source in a new tab)
14th straight, successful interception of a missile target. Not bad.
Recreating an Extinct Virus (opens the source in a new tab)
Team did it with $100k. Implications for warfare are obvious...
US to Test THAAD Missile Defense (opens the source in a new tab)
North Korea slowly getting more dangerous