Hacker News with Generative AI: Military Technology

Straight Out of Sci-Fi: Tracked Combat Robot Armed with the Browning MG (defence-ua.com)
Ukraine has officially integrated the Droid TW 12.7 robotic combat system into its Armed Forces.
Robotics, Military Technology, Ukraine, War, Weapons
6 points by rolph 7 hours ago | 0 comments
'They cannot be jammed': fibre optic drones pose new threat in Ukraine (theguardian.com)
On the battlefields of Ukraine, new sights emerge. Thread-like filaments of wire, extended across open fields. Netting rigged up between trees along key supply roads. Both are responses to a hard-to-detect weapon able to sneak into spaces previously thought safe, hi tech and low tech all at once.
Military Technology, Drones, Ukraine, Warfare, Cybersecurity
8 points by YeGoblynQueenne 3 days ago | 0 comments
Brit soldiers tune radio waves to fry drone swarms for pennies (theregister.com)
British soldiers have successfully taken down drones with a radio-wave weapon.
Military Technology, Drones, Radio Technology
25 points by LinuxBender 4 days ago | 7 comments
Ukraine's Drones Are Beating Russian Jamming (ieee.org)
Killer drones spot landmarks as they fly to their targets
Ukraine, Drones, Military Technology, Russia, War
10 points by sleepyguy 10 days ago | 0 comments
Locating Stealth Fighters with Cheap Cameras Without Using AI or Radar [video] (youtube.com)
Military Technology, Surveillance, Photography, Open Source, Innovation
60 points by jryb 16 days ago | 56 comments
Ukraine: 'We produce more howitzers than all of Europe combined' (elpais.com)
The conflict in Ukraine has already written a new chapter in the history of warfare due to the mass production and use of drones. An incontestable and striking revolution, but one that both the trenches and the defense industry underline: no war is won with these unmanned aircraft alone. The combat front is still maintained today by conventional weapons.
Ukraine, Military Technology, Warfare, Drones
13 points by geox 16 days ago | 0 comments
Russia Covering Aircraft with Tires to Confuse Image-Matching Missile Seekers (twz.com)
Russia putting tires on top of bombers and other aircraft was about confusing seekers with image-matching capability on incoming munitions, a senior U.S. military technologist has confirmed. This is exactly what The War Zone said was the most likely explanation for the tactic when it first emerged last year.
Military Technology, Russia, Ukraine War, Defense
5 points by thenthenthen 18 days ago | 0 comments
Stanford students want in on the military tech gold rush (sfstandard.com)
A military tech gold rush has changed hearts and minds on campus.
Stanford University, Military Technology, Education, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics
3 points by gmays 19 days ago | 0 comments
Eastern Europe Wants to Build a 'Drone Wall' to Keep Out Russia (gizmodo.com)
To defend against Russian aggression Eastern Europe is considering a “drone wall.”
Eastern Europe, Military Technology, Drones, Russia, Defense
6 points by rntn 21 days ago | 0 comments
China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable cutter that could reset the world order (scmp.com)
A compact, deep-sea, cable-cutting device, capable of severing the world’s most fortified underwater communication or power lines, has been unveiled by China – and it could shake up global maritime power dynamics.
China, Underwater Cables, Military Technology, Geopolitics, International Relations
3 points by beAroundHere 25 days ago | 3 comments
Fiber optic drones are changing combat operations (youtube.com)
Military Technology, Drones, Fiber Optics, Warfare
52 points by Swizec 26 days ago | 54 comments
China unveils a powerful deep-sea cable cutter that could reset the world order (scmp.com)
A compact, deep-sea, cable-cutting device, capable of severing the world’s most fortified underwater communication or power lines, has been unveiled by China – and it could shake up global maritime power dynamics.
China, Military Technology, Underwater Cables, Geopolitics
14 points by tux1968 34 days ago | 6 comments
China is developing some startling new kit in its quest to invade Taiwan (economist.com)
Is it a barge? Is it a bridge? It is both. Last summer China began building several unusual vessels at its Guangzhou shipyard on the south coast. The barges had legs that could drop down to stabilise the craft in shallow water, and wielded a 100m-bridge that could extend from the bow and onto a beach. In recent weeks pictures have emerged of these mongrel ships (see photo) and of how they connect together into giant causeways.
China, Military Technology, Taiwan, Infrastructure, Military Strategy
38 points by _tk_ 36 days ago | 52 comments
Low-Cost Drone Add-Ons from China Let Anyone Turn Toys into Weapons of War (wired.com)
Chinese ecommerce giants including Temu and AliExpress sell drone accessories like those used by soldiers in the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Drones, Warfare, China, Ecommerce, Military Technology
32 points by jstrieb 37 days ago | 28 comments
JORN Is an Over-the-Horizon Radar (wikipedia.org)
Radar, Military Technology, Surveillance
5 points by CHB0403085482 38 days ago | 0 comments
Stanford students want in on the military tech gold rush (sfstandard.com)
A military tech gold rush has changed hearts and minds on campus.
Stanford University, Military Technology, Gold Rush
20 points by redarguireda 43 days ago | 19 comments
Stanford students used to chase jobs at Meta and Google. Now work on war (sfstandard.com)
A military tech gold rush has changed hearts and minds on campus.
Stanford University, Military Technology, Tech Industry, Artificial Intelligence, Employment
10 points by iancmceachern 44 days ago | 6 comments
Nomars: No Manning Required Ship (darpa.mil)
The No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) program has built a ship designed to operate autonomously for long durations at sea.
Autonomous Systems, Robotics, Military Technology, Naval Engineering
25 points by croes 50 days ago | 50 comments
The Combined Cipher Machine 1940's-1950's (blogspot.com)
Another machine that became increasingly important for the Allies, in the period 1943-45, was the Combined Cipher Machine - CCM. Unfortunately, this machine has not received a lot of attention from historians because there is limited information available on its internal operation and use in the field.
Cryptography, History, Military Technology
15 points by Christrian164 50 days ago | 1 comments
Drones Now Rule the Battlefield in the Ukraine-Russia War (nytimes.com)
Drones have changed the war in Ukraine, with soldiers adapting off-the-shelf models and swarming the front lines.
War, Ukraine, Russia, Military Technology, Drones
10 points by tim333 53 days ago | 1 comments
A Thousand Snipers in the Sky: The New War in Ukraine (nytimes.com)
The war in Ukraine has changed — and it’s deadlier than ever.
Ukraine, War, Military Technology
18 points by danso 54 days ago | 2 comments
DARPA project reveals one person can control dozens of robots (ieee.org)
A DARPA project overturns longstanding assumptions
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Military Technology, Research
115 points by bookofjoe 56 days ago | 70 comments
Augmented Reality – Turning Soldiers into Superheroes (palmerluckey.com)
As of today, Anduril Industries is taking the reins of the largest project of its kind in history: the United States Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) program.
Augmented Reality, Military Technology, Software, Defense
3 points by transpute 73 days ago | 0 comments
Drones are now launching drones to attack other drones in Ukraine (arstechnica.com)
Under the pressure of war, the pace of innovation is quick.
Drones, Military Technology, Ukraine, Warfare, Innovation
10 points by Brajeshwar 80 days ago | 1 comments
The WW2 experiment to make pigeon-guided missiles [video] (bbc.com)
During World War Two, psychologist B F Skinner tried to use pigeons to guide missiles towards enemy ships.
History, Military Technology, Pigeons, Behavioral Science
24 points by rmason 80 days ago | 11 comments
Navy Helios Laser Aboard USS Preble Zaps Drone in Latest Test (twz.com)
The Navy has disclosed that the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Preble successfully test-fired its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system to take out an aerial target drone in Fiscal Year 2024.
Military Technology, Lasers, Drones, Defense
4 points by zfg 81 days ago | 1 comments
How Russia launched a giant space mirror in 1993 (bbc.com)
It sounds like a scheme a James Bond villain might hatch: launching a giant mirror into orbit to harness the Sun's rays, then redirecting them to beam down on a target on Earth. Yet this was exactly what the Russian space agency Roscosmos attempted to do on 4 February 1993.
Space Exploration, History, Russia, Military Technology
9 points by pseudolus 81 days ago | 0 comments
Ukraine and Russia Battle to Defeat "Un-Jammable" Fiber-Optic Drones (forbes.com)
In the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, innovation in drone and counter-drone technology has become a defining feature of the battlefield.
Ukraine, Russia, Drones, Military Technology, War
4 points by SubiculumCode 96 days ago | 1 comments
What China's Next Generation Stealth Jet Reveal Means (twz.com)
Dec. 26, 2024, was a huge day for the global airpower, military technology, and strategy communities. The emergence of not one, but two Chinese advanced tailless tactical combat aircraft sent shockwaves around the globe and garnered very high interest from the public.
Military Technology, China, Aviation, Stealth Aircraft
4 points by howard941 99 days ago | 0 comments
Ukrainian-made drones account for 96% of all UAVs for Ukraine's Defence Forces (pravda.com.ua)
In 2024, Ukrainian-made drones accounted for more than 96% of all UAVs used by Ukraine’s Defence Forces.
Ukraine, Military Technology, Drones, War
8 points by jdmark 118 days ago | 1 comments