Hacker News with Generative AI: Military

Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers an Spies to Nuclear Vaults and Brothels (wired.com)
A joint investigation by WIRED, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), and Netzpolitik.org reveals that US companies legally collecting digital advertising data are also providing the world a cheap and reliable way to track the movements of American military and intelligence personnel overseas, from their homes and their children’s schools to hardened aircraft shelters within an airbase where US nuclear weapons are believed to be stored.

Privacy, Data Security, Military, Surveillance, Journalism

6 points by SirLJ 3 hours ago | 0 comments

Ukraine fires UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at Russia for first time (bbc.com)
Ukraine has fired UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles at targets inside Russia for the first time, the BBC understands.

Ukraine, Russia, Military, Missiles, International Relations

36 points by pelasaco 9 hours ago | 2 comments

Anyone Can Buy Data Tracking US Soldiers and Spies to Nuclear Vaults in Germany (wired.com)
A joint investigation by WIRED, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), and Netzpolitik.org reveals that US companies legally collecting digital advertising data are also providing the world a cheap and reliable way to track the movements of American military and intelligence personnel overseas, from their homes and their children’s schools to hardened aircraft shelters within an airbase where US nuclear weapons are believed to be stored.

Privacy, Military, Intelligence, Data Security, Germany

6 points by marban 17 hours ago | 1 comments

What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021) (stackexchange.com)
This image, the template for the "Panzer of the Lake" meme, depicts a soldier from an unknown nation looking at what appears to me to definitely be a Panzer. However, no-one seems to know the origins of the image. So, where and when was this image taken, and where was the image originally published?

Memes, History, Images, Military

523 points by napolux 17 hours ago | 116 comments

Yemen's 'uninhibited' attacks push French warship to exit Red Sea (thecradle.co)

Yemen, War, Military, France, Red Sea

4 points by wsc981 23 hours ago | 10 comments

Ukraine fires US-supplied long range missiles into Russia, defence ministry says (bbc.com)
Russia says Ukraine has fired US-supplied long-range missiles into the country, a day after Washington gave its permission for such attacks.

Ukraine, Russia, Military, War, International Relations

17 points by lsllc 2 days ago | 21 comments

Biden allows Ukraine to strike inside Russia with missiles (bbc.com)
US President Joe Biden has given the green light for Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied by the US to strike Russia, US officials say.

Ukraine, Russia, Politics, Military, International Relations

6 points by tmoravec 3 days ago | 4 comments

Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia with Long-Range U.S. Missiles (nytimes.com)
President Biden has authorized the first use of U.S.-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia, U.S. officials said.

Ukraine, Russia, Military, Politics, International Relations

62 points by subvertify 3 days ago | 114 comments

Russia's soldiers bringing wartime violence back home (bbc.com)
Soldiers returning from the war have claimed at least 242 lives, reports say

Russia, War, Violence, Crime, Military

11 points by tmoravec 4 days ago | 0 comments

Russia lost so many tanks that nation's largest studio donated movie props (twz.com)
Russia has lost so many tanks in Ukraine that the nation’s largest studio has donated movie props to bolster its armor force.

Russia, Ukraine, War, Military, Movie Industry

23 points by belter 4 days ago | 6 comments

Military's UFO-hunting aerial surveillance system detailed in report (twz.com)
The Pentagon provided new details today about how its deployable, readily reconfigurable suite of sensors called GREMLIN works to help set the stage for figuring out what unidentified objects in our skies are and are not, if they appear at all.

Military, Surveillance, UFOs, Technology

108 points by speckx 5 days ago | 122 comments

Russian spy ship confirmed to be operating near cables off Dublin (rte.ie)
A Russian spy ship has been operating near subsea cables in the Irish Sea just north of Dublin in recent days, according to vessel tracking data and military sources.

Russia, Espionage, Military, Ireland, Cybersecurity

17 points by austinallegro 5 days ago | 1 comments

Wolfpack Military Robot in China (youtube.com)

Robotics, Military, China

5 points by FpUser 5 days ago | 0 comments

Norwegian fishermen hunting for halibut caught a US nuclear sub (vice.com)
Some Norwegian fishermen off the coast of Tromsø were out and about on their vessel named Øygutt looking for halibut. Something significantly larger than fish, however, found its way into their trawl net. The fishermen caught the USS Virginia, a 115-meter-long nuclear-powered attack submarine outfitted with cruise missiles.

Military, Norway, Submarines

138 points by marban 6 days ago | 95 comments

New Heavyweight Chinese Jet Drone Looks to Be a Swarm Mothership (twz.com)
A new very large jet-powered Chinese drone said to have a 10-ton maximum takeoff weight, or a mockup thereof, has emerged ahead of the formal opening of this year’s Zhuhai Airshow.

Military, China, Drones, Aerospace

5 points by LopRabbit 6 days ago | 0 comments

Classified-Documents Leaker Jack Teixeira Is Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison (wsj.com)
Jack Teixeira, a former Massachusetts Air National Guardsman, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison over an extraordinary leak of highly classified intelligence documents that sent the U.S. government rushing to protect its secrets.

National Security, Government, Military, Crime, Law

5 points by sandwichsphinx 8 days ago | 0 comments

Sweden nixed new wind farms for fear of missing Russian missiles (defensenews.com)
BERLIN — Sweden’s government this month blocked the construction of 13 offshore wind farms over concerns that they would shorten the country’s early-warning window for a Russian missile attack.

Sweden, Military, Defense, Energy, Russia

3 points by toss1 9 days ago | 3 comments

Who Would Support Deploying the Military to Domestic Protests? (lawfaremedia.org)
Former President Donald Trump has promised to deploy the military to fight crime, stop protesters, and otherwise play a policing role.

Politics, Law Enforcement, Military, Protests

22 points by hn_acker 10 days ago | 41 comments

Marine pilot loses command after ejecting from F-35B that kept flying (marinecorpstimes.com)
A pilot who ejected from a malfunctioning F-35B in heavy rain over South Carolina last year — which kept flying on autopilot for 64 nautical miles before crashing — was fired from his command of a prestigious squadron as a result of the mishap.

Military, Aviation, Accidents, F-35, Pilot Error

225 points by nafnlj 11 days ago | 485 comments

The Taming of the Screw (2000) (americanhistory.si.edu)
I stopped talking after about three minutes. Dead silence and utter stillness greeted my proposal to a sizeable gathering of retired U.S. Navy admirals, former submarine captains, experts in naval intelligence, nuclear propulsion engineers, and current submariners of various ranks.

History, Military, Submarines, Naval Technology

63 points by ColinWright 11 days ago | 9 comments

Following Wyoming Example, Feds Limit Foreign Crypto Mines Near Military Bases (cowboystatedaily.com)
The U.S. Department of Treasury has moved to limit businesses like foreign-owned crypto mines near sensitive locations. The change follows the forced closure of a Chinese-owned crypto mine near F.E. Warren Air Force Base.

Cryptocurrency, Government Regulation, National Security, Military

22 points by LinuxBender 12 days ago | 15 comments

Palantir Secures $99M Army Contract for User-Centered ML (executivegov.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Military, Government Contracts, Machine Learning

26 points by mgh2 14 days ago | 2 comments

Germany to send out survey, mandatory for males, about willingness to fight (dw.com)
Germany has been struggling to fill the army's ranks since abolishing compulsory military service. Under a new draft law, young men would be obligated to declare their interest in serving in the military.

Germany, Military, Politics, Survey

14 points by acadapter 14 days ago | 8 comments

War Is a Racket (wikipedia.org)
War Is a Racket is a speech and a 1935 short book by Smedley D. Butler, a retired United States Marine Corps major general and two-time Medal of Honor recipient.

War, Politics, Military, History

24 points by haunter 14 days ago | 1 comments

Civilian support for military coups isn't a bug – it's a feature (theconversation.com)
In September 2024, authorities in Benin detained the country’s former sports minister and a prominent businessman for allegedly plotting a coup against the West African nation’s president, Patrice Talon. Had a putsch materialized, Benin would have joined a growing list of African countries to have experienced a military coup over the past four years.

Politics, Africa, Military, Coup d'état

8 points by PaulHoule 15 days ago | 2 comments

North Korean soldiers who have deployed to Russia struggling with pornography (twitter.com)

North Korea, Russia, Military, Social Issues, Censorship

10 points by impish9208 15 days ago | 4 comments

Boeing Wonderland: The Fake Cities on America's West Coast (2013) (warfarehistorynetwork.com)
Through clever visual trickery, vital West Coast warplane plants were made invisible to prying enemy aerial eyes.

History, Military, Photography, Deception

129 points by NaOH 15 days ago | 41 comments

Russia Firing Record Number of Shahed-136s at Ukraine (twz.com)
Russian forces are launching about 10 times as many Shahed-136 drones against Ukraine as they did last fall, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram Monday.

Ukraine, War, Military, Drones, Russia

8 points by tomohawk 16 days ago | 1 comments

North Korea's New ICBM May Have Biggest Transporter-Erector-Launcher (twz.com)
North Korea has tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that it claims is its longest-ranged so far — and which is carried on an absolutely enormous transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) vehicle.

North Korea, Military, Weapons, Missiles

5 points by perihelions 16 days ago | 0 comments

Meta Permits Its A.I. Models to Be Used for U.S. Military Purposes (nytimes.com)
Meta will allow U.S. government agencies and contractors working on national security to use its artificial intelligence models for military purposes, the company said on Monday, in a shift from its policy that prohibited the use of its technology for such efforts.

Artificial Intelligence, Military, Technology, Government

114 points by type4 16 days ago | 106 comments