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☆ Putin gives more details on Russia's 'Oreshnik' hypersonic missile, saying its destructive elements reach over 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-30 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

AdvertisementRussian President Vladimir Putin has provided more details on the "Oreshnik" missile. The hypersonic ballistic missile was first used by Russia in Ukraine in November. Russian President Vladimir Putin shared more details on Russia's "Oreshnik" missile during a state visit to Kazakhstan. Russia first used the Oreshnik missile in Ukraine last week, striking a munitions factory in Dnipro. AdvertisementThe UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) said on Friday that the Oreshnik was likely a variant of the Rubezh RS-26 ballistic missile — a solid-fueled, road-mobile ballistic missile.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Mick Ryan Organizations: Ministry of Defence, Strategic, International Studies, Missile Defense Project, UK, Former Australian Army, Washington Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Dnipro, Europe

☆ Russia's invasion is showing the West war isn't just about having the best weapons — it's also about having more
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But it needs to invest more in quantity if it wants to defend against Russia, warfare experts said. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is showing the West the value of quantity over quality. AdvertisementAnd in the aftermath of the Cold War, Western stockpiles of weaponry diminished and industry shrunk, leaving it less prepared to build large quantities of munitions and equipment. Advertisement"Assuming that you don't decisively defeat the Russians in the opening phase of the war," Barros said, "you're going to burn through all your ATACMS and HIMARS missiles and artillery ammunition." In an image taken from a video distributed by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service in October, a Russian 120mm mortar crew fires toward a Ukrainian position.

Persons: Zelenskyy, Mick Ryan, George Barros, Abrams, Michael O'Hanlon, Barros, ANATOLII STEPANOV, that's, isn't, O'Hanlon, William Alberque, Alberque Organizations: Australian Army, Institute for, NATO, American, Brookings Institution, Getty, Stimson Center, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, AP Locations: Ukraine, Western, Russia, China, West, Soviet, Ukraine Russia, Russian, Ukrainian, North Korea, Iran

☆ Russia fired a new type of missile at Ukraine. It's fast, can carry nukes, and could hit far into Europe.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-22 | by ( Sinéad Baker | Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementRussia fired what it said was a new type of ballistic missile at Ukraine this week. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said his military had fired a new type of missile at Ukraine, describing it as a test and also a warning to the West. The missile, described by the US as experimental, appears to have the range to hit targets elsewhere in Europe. Firefighters at the site of a Russian missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, November 21, 2024. He said Russia "had the right" to strike countries that gave Ukraine weapons that hit Russia.

Persons: Putin, Vladimir Putin, Sabrina Singh, Matthew Savill, Mick Ryan, Efrem Lukatsky Jakub Janda, Pavel Podvig, , Volodymyr Zelenskyy, MIKHAIL METZEL, Fabian Hoffmann, Ryan, Farah Dakhlallah Organizations: Firefighters, Press Service, State Emergency Service of, Getty, Center for Arms Control, Financial Times, Royal United Services Institute, Associated Press, Australian Army, BBC, AP, European Values Center, Security, UN Institute for Disarmament Research, Oslo Nuclear Project, Reuters, Australian, NATO Locations: Ukraine, Dnipro, Europe, Russian, State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk Region, Anadolu, United Kingdom, Russia, Moscow, Oslo

☆ David McBride: Former Australian military lawyer who exposed alleged war crimes jailed for leaking documents
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | Angus Watson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

However, during proceedings against McBride, the court heard that he did not bring the documents to the media’s attention to highlight the alleged war crimes. “David McBride leaked documents to our national broadcaster which contained credible evidence of war crimes committed by Australian forces in Afghanistan. Pender and others pointed out that no one had yet been prosecuted over Australia’s alleged war crimes in Afghanistan – except the man who had brought it to the country’s attention. Australian Federal Police officers raided the ABC offices in Sydney in 2019 seeking documents as they pursued potential charges against the journalists behind the story. The Australian Federal Police is working with the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI) to investigate potential charges.

Persons: CNN —, ”, David Mossop, David McBride, McBride, Mark Davies, Brereton, Mossop, “, ” McBride, Justice Mossop, ” Mossop, McBride’s, Kieran Pender, “ David McBride, Pender, Australia’s, “ Will, Peter Greste, Greste, ” “ David, ” Greste, he’ll, Anthony Albanese, “ I’m, Mark Dreyfus Organizations: CNN, Australian Army, Canberra, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC, Australian Defense Force, Australian Special Air Service, SAS, Human Rights Law, Australian, Journalists, Australian Federal Police, Commonwealth, Public Prosecutions, ADF, AFP Locations: Afghanistan, Egypt, Sydney, New South Wales

☆ In U.S.-China AI contest, the race is on to deploy killer robots
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +26 min

In this high-tech contest, seizing the upper hand across fields including AI and autonomous weapons, like Ghost Shark, could determine who comes out on top. This could become critical if the United States intervened against an assault by Beijing on Taiwan. Cheap and expendableThe AI military sector is dominated by software, an industry where change comes fast. Still, the available disclosures of spending on AI military research do show that outlays on AI and machine learning grew sharply in the decade from 2010. The Costa-Mesa, California-based company now employs more than 1,800 staff in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Persons: America’s, Shane Arnott, Anduril, ” Arnott, Arnott, ”, “, Mick Ryan, Eric Schmidt, hasn’t, Lloyd Austin, –, Stuart Russell, Russell, Kathleen Hicks, “ We’ll, Palmer Luckey, Luckey, ” Arnott didn’t, Biden, Tsai Ing, Frank Kendall, Datenna, Martijn Rasser, Feng Yanghe, Feng, Palmer, ” Anduril, Arnott wouldn’t, David Lague, Edgar Su, Catherine Tai, Peter Hirschberg Organizations: Australian Navy, Ghost Sharks, Sharks, Reuters, Defense, Australian, Chinese Communist Party, Beijing, People’s Liberation Army, PLA, Department of Defense, Pentagon, Australia’s Department of Defence, Australian Defence Force, Technologists, University of California, U.S ., U.S, Teledyne FLIR, Facebook, VR, Military, . Air Force, FH, U.S . Central Intelligence Agency, Department, Statistics, Harvard University, Biden Administration, Special, Command, Ministry of Defense, Veteran Locations: China, Australia, United States, Sydney, Britain, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Europe, Asia, Ukraine, ”, America, U.S, Taiwan, East Asia, Beijing, Russian, Berkeley, Fort Campbell , Tennessee, Kenya, “, Russia, Colorado, Zhuhai, Netherlands, Costa, Mesa , California, United Kingdom, Virginia, Canberra, Washington

☆ Human-machine teams driven by AI are about to reshape warfare
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( David Lague | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

But aerial, land and underwater robots, teamed with humans, are poised to play a major role in warfare. Evidence of such change is already emerging from the war in Ukraine. There, even rudimentary teams of humans and machines operating without significant artificial-intelligence powered autonomy are reshaping the battlefield. Simple, remotely piloted drones have greatly improved the lethality of artillery, rockets and missiles in Ukraine, according to military analysts who study the conflict. Both Russian and Ukrainian forces are integrating traditional weapons with AI, satellite imaging and communications, as well as smart and loitering munitions, according to a May report from the Special Competitive Studies Project, a non-partisan U.S. panel of experts.

Persons: Leah Millis, Kathleen Hicks, ”, Mick Ryan, David Lague, Peter Hirschberg Organizations: 58th Independent Motorized Infantry Brigade, Ukrainian Army, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Australian, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Bakhmut, U.S, Washington

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