Militaries around the world are rapidly developing science fiction-like laser weapons, motivated in part by the growing threat from swarms of drones.
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If Israel’s Iron Dome is the best air defense system in the world, how did so many Hamas missiles get through? An aerospace engineer explains it’s a game of numbers.
Balloons can still be useful for gathering intelligence when used alongside satellites and aircraft.
‘Kamikaze’ drones allow Russia to target Ukrainian cities and infrastructure, but they are unlikely to make a big difference to the outcome of the war.
The new Joint Strike Fighter will make its first appearance before an Australian crowd this weekend. But how close to being operational is the new fighter aircraft?
The expansion of airstrikes against Islamic State (IS) into Syria announced yesterday by US President Barack Obama marks a predictable, if necessary, escalation of coalition operations against the jihadist…
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Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
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Senior Lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Director of Electronic Warfare Research, City, University of London
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UNSW Sydney
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Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
