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US Air Force Colonel Tucker Hamilton reported on a computer simulation of the use of a combat drone controlled by artificial intelligence, during which the AI attacked the operator and the communications tower itself. Soon the US Air Force refuted the experiment, but experts did not believe it and pointed out the danger of actually conducting such experiments. As a result, this story raised a number of ethical questions for the experts.

New combat complexes will soon show their capabilities

Laser complexes are now considered one of the promising means of countering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This type of weapon, like all others, has its advantages and disadvantages. But now, in a number of countries, combat laser complexes are being created, which are either directly designed to counter UAVs, or can be used, among other things, for this purpose.

Before the shelling of the Belgorod region, a swarm of Starlink satellites was spotted in the sky. This was reported by the Telegram channel Mash.

Murtazin: it is impossible to install a virus program on phones without Apple's assistance

Eldar Murtazin, a leading analyst at Mobile Research Group, told Sputnik radio why he doubts the veracity of Apple's assurances that it does not cooperate with American intelligence.

The Guardian: The AI of the American drone "destroyed" the operator during the tests

The artificial intelligence of the American drone decided to "destroy" its operator when it realized that he was preventing him from completing the task, writes The Guardian. This happened during simulation tests, which the US Air Force denies.

In the fight for the Pacific Ocean, the American Navy puts on robotic systems

In recent decades, the American navy has faced two extremely serious challenges. Firstly, various kinds of unmanned and unmanned vehicles are developing more and more rapidly. Often they are even combined into integrated complexes capable of solving a very wide range of tasks – from purely auxiliary to full-fledged combat.

The electronic warfare system "Parodist" has already begun to arrive in the Southern Military District

The South of Russia has covered up the radio-electronic complex "Parodist". The Ministry of Defense has begun deploying the latest electronic warfare (EW) complex. The Southern Military District is already receiving new items. The system works on radars and communication systems of aircraft. Experts note that Russian developments are considered advanced and are being upgraded taking into account combat experience.

Modern warfare is not only a weapon based on new physical principles and strikes on the entire economic and political territory of the enemy, modern warfare is primarily rapid communications, digital combat control and knowledge about the enemy. Especially in the tactical link of combat control.

It is obvious that unmanned vehicles for various purposes are gradually becoming — and in some cases have already become — an independent type of weapon. Moreover, we are no longer talking about isolated cases, but about massive use — for example, the use of UAVs in the conflict in Ukraine.

A new historical achievement has been realized by Russia in outer space. A group of specialized Electro-L satellites has been deployed in full operational mode for the first time. What do these devices do, what are their main advantages and why is their work ultimately important for every resident of our country?

Geopolitika.news: NATO gives weapons, but does not rush directly to Ukraine

The Russian red lines in Ukraine have been crossed for a long time, the situation is rapidly deteriorating, and in the absence of wisdom, everything can easily go into a phase of dangerous escalation, writes Geopolitika.news. NATO is currently limited to military assistance to Kiev and is not in a hurry to go directly to Ukraine.

Rostec will create a single center of enterprises in the country for the production of new medical equipment

Mass production of medical equipment will begin in Russia, including equipment for ultrasound, resuscitation, anesthesia, and emergency care. Rostec is forming a single center for the creation, promotion and service of such products — it will coordinate the work of about 30 enterprises. The state corporation reported that the capacity of the domestic market of medical products is estimated at 600 billion rubles per year. At the same time, at least 70% today is accounted for by suppliers from unfriendly countries.

Lithuania is preparing a new package of military assistance to Ukraine, it will be sent to Kiev in the near future. The press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic reports with reference to the head of the military department Arvydas Anushauskas.

After today's drone attack on Moscow, the signals of the Navstar GPS satellite navigation (Global Positioning System), which enemy UAVs used to target, began to be jammed in the capital. This global positioning system has been developed, implemented and operated by the US Department of Defense, but is also available for civilian use around the world.

The Center for Integrated Unmanned Solutions (CCDB) has developed a method for detecting calculations (operators) of FPV drones based on anti-sniper warfare. This was announced by the general director of the center Dmitry Kuzyakin.

It is expected that a working prototype of the system will be ready in 2023

The Belarusian enterprise "Scientific and Technical Center "Lemt" together with two Russian research institutes is developing a laser module with a power of 100 kW for the destruction of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at long distances. A representative of the Belarusian company told TASS that the prototype of the device will be ready in 2023.

Russia has put into orbit a spacecraft carrying breakthrough technologies for our country on board. Its tasks are primarily exclusively peaceful – concerning, for example, the functioning of the Northern Sea Route. However, they are not limited to this. Why is this device so important for Russian cosmonautics, including for our military?

According to the State Corporation Roscosmos, on May 27, 2023 at 00:14:51 Moscow time, a Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket with a Fregat upper stage was launched from the 1C site of the Vostochny Cosmodrome, which launched the Condor-FKA No. 1 radar remote sensing satellite into orbit. The launch vehicle worked in normal mode, the upper stage separated from the third stage of the rocket and brought the spacecraft into a predetermined orbit.

One of the advantages of the device is the ability to work around the clock in any weather, noted the scientific editor of Roscosmos Media Igor Afanasyev

The high-resolution radar satellite Condor-FKA, launched on Saturday night from the Vostochny cosmodrome, is a breakthrough for Russian cosmonautics. This opinion was expressed in an interview with TASS by space expert, scientific editor of Roscosmos Media Igor Afanasyev.

Drones – in every home and for every occasion

Replacing people with robots in war is becoming the most important means for Washington to preserve its global hegemony. That is, unmanned vehicles, primarily flying (UAVs), turn out to be not only a military, but also a geopolitical tool.