by zen | Jan 24, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] My reading at CNAS, which had once been frequent, declined with the waning of the Abu Muqawama blog. While formerly I usually scanned through CNAS reports on a regular basis after reading what Exum and his commenters had...
by Robert Beckhusen | Mar 19, 2013 | Monitor
Swooping down like a bird of prey comes the latest nightmare fuel from robotics researchers at the University of Pennsylvania: a claw attached to a drone that can grab things and carry them away.
by Robert Beckhusen | Jan 28, 2013 | Monitor
Aircraft carrier crews are likely to get rather pungent as they perform the hard tasks of assembling, loading and hauling the massive weaponry that gives the U.S. Navy its edge. To make their lives easier, the Navy’s exploring the idea …
by zen | Dec 21, 2012 | Monitor
Hat tip for a strong recommendation from Adam Elkus: Josh Foust has a very sensible piece up about the seemingly endless furor about “killer drones” (we never called our warplanes “Killer F-16′s” or guided weapons “killer cruise...
by zen | Oct 6, 2012 | Monitor
Kill Decision by Daniel Suarez Shlok Vaidya did an early review of Kill Decision here previously. I finally have caught up to Shlok and I’m ready to add my two cents without giving away any spoilers: First, I enjoyed the book. Kill Decision is a tense,...
