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Letters from loved ones of captured ship’s crew during seven years’ war lay forgotten for centuriesA forgotten bundle of love letters sent to French sailors more than 260 years ago – but never before opened or read – has been discovered among British n…
The first-of-its-kind study found the two militaries have generated about 430m metric tonnes of CO2 emissions since 2015 Paris accordsThe US and UK militaries owe at least $111bn in reparations to communities most harmed by their planet-heating polluti…
Living in Washington, DC, since 2000, they are like many residents of the nation’s capital—immigrants from another country. Tian Tian and Mei Xiang hail from Sichuan, China. Their cub, Xiao Qi Ji “Little Miracle,” was born during the pandemic. Sadly, the family will return to China by mid-November, but not for any reason you might […]
Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) blockade appears to be coming to an end, according to an MSNBC report. Capitol reporter Ali Vitali said that a group of Republicans were going to take to the Senate floor and force a vote with Democrats to marginalize Tu…
Ukraine is using $400 drones to destroy tanks:
Facing an enemy with superior numbers of troops and armor, the Ukrainian defenders are holding on with the help of tiny drones flown by operators like Firsov that, for a few hundred dollars, can deliver an explosive charge capable of destroying a Russian tank worth more than $2 million.
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A typical FPV weighs up to one kilogram, has four small engines, a battery, a frame and a camera connected wirelessly to goggles worn by a pilot operating it remotely. It can carry up to 2.5 kilograms of explosives and strike a target at a speed of up to 150 kilometers per hour, explains Pavlo Tsybenko, acting director of the Dronarium military academy outside Kyiv…
Remembrance poppy created from renewable sources introduced as 2023 appeal launchedMore than a century after its introduction, the Royal British Legion poppy has had a plastic-free makeover in its first major redesign in a generation.With the launch of…
The Philippine defense ordered its personnel to stop using AI-based applications to generate personal portraits. The Philippine defense warned of the risks of using AI-based applications to generate personal portraits and ordered its personnel to stop using them. On October 14, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. issued the directive to ban the AI-based applications. “Defense […]
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In the face of direct threats, where potential opponents are carefully weighing alliance credibility, calling alliance commitment into question may increase the risk of costly wars.
Intelligence summit told terror groups or hostile states may seek to use AI to build bombs or disrupt electionsArtificial intelligence could be harnessed by terrorists or hostile states seeking to build bombs, spread propaganda or disrupt elections, ac…
Megan MacKenzie speaks about Military Sexual Violence, military exceptionalism, media coverage, the ethics of data collection, and why soldiers swap illicit pictures.