Hacker News with Generative AI: Weapons

Welrod (wikipedia.org)
The Welrod is a British bolt-action, magazine-fed pistol with an integrated silencer which was devised for covert operations during the Second World War by Major Hugh Reeves at the Inter-Services Research Bureau (later Station IX).

Weapons, History, Military, Espionage

12 points by rolph 41 days ago | 4 comments

Canada adds more than 300 assault-style firearms to list of banned weapons (cbc.ca)

Canada, Gun Control, Firearms, Weapons

5 points by geox 43 days ago | 1 comments

How Russian hypersonic missiles work [pdf] (jp-petit.org)

Military Technology, Russia, Weapons

23 points by squillion 47 days ago | 1 comments

An Iranian Ballistic Missile Hit Israel. We Got a Peek Inside Its 'Brain' (haaretz.com)
Printed circuit boards like those found in washing machines. Soldering done by hand. Limited production quality. What can we learn from the Iranian missile attacks – and how accurate are they?

Military Technology, Iran, Israel, Weapons

5 points by wslh 53 days ago | 3 comments

First ICBM Launch in Combat? (ycombinator.com)
Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/what-is-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-ukraine-says-russia-fired-2024-11-21/

Military, International Relations, Russia, Ukraine, Weapons

18 points by myrmidon 58 days ago | 46 comments

Electromagnetic coil gun seized in Japan (nhk.or.jp)
殺傷能力を備えた電磁石銃、いわゆる「コイルガン」を所持したとして、29歳の容疑者が銃刀法違反の疑いで逮捕されました。容疑者は製造する様子を写した動画を動画配信サイトで公開していたということで、警視庁が詳しい経緯を調べています。

Weapons, Japan, Law Enforcement, Technology

56 points by lando2319 60 days ago | 82 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 74 days ago | 0 comments

The True Weight of Medieval Weapons – Fact and Fiction (wordpress.com)
Fantasy and medieval fiction often represent medieval weapons as being crude, heavy and unwieldy things.

History, Weapons, Medieval Times, Fantasy

81 points by BerislavLopac 110 days ago | 80 comments

Gerald Bull (wikipedia.org)
Gerald Vincent Bull (March 9, 1928 – March 22, 1990[1]) was a Canadian engineer who developed long-range artillery. He moved from project to project in his quest to economically launch a satellite using a huge artillery piece, to which end he designed the Project Babylon "supergun" for Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq.

Engineering, History, Military, Weapons

6 points by fidotron 114 days ago | 0 comments

Satellite images suggest test of Russian "super weapon" failed spectacularly (arstechnica.com)
Late last week, Russia's military planned to launch a Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on a test flight from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Imagery from commercial satellites captured over the weekend suggest the missile exploded before or during launch.

Russia, Military, Satellites, Weapons

9 points by LinuxBender 116 days ago | 2 comments

Against Prophecy Among the Machines (dreamofmachin.es)
“If not properly subject to human controls, future development in artificial intelligence may also have the potential to be used to create novel threats to public safety and security, including by enabling the creation and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, such as biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons, as well as weapons with cyber-offensive capabilities.” California SB1047 Sec 2.C

Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Cybersecurity, Weapons

4 points by lxm 121 days ago | 0 comments

Russia using old ASML machines to make microchips for weapons (nltimes.nl)

Russia, Microchips, Weapons, Technology, Geopolitics

23 points by belter 134 days ago | 5 comments

Startup incubator Y Combinator backs its first weapons firm (ft.com)

Startups, Y Combinator, Weapons, Military Technology

48 points by quick_brown_fox 146 days ago | 17 comments

USAF's Quicksink weapon tears a ship in half in seconds (newatlas.com)

Military, Weapons, Technology, Ships

11 points by peutetre 149 days ago | 7 comments

Ares Industries – Building low-cost cruise missiles (ycombinator.com)