• Drones Take Flight: A Turning Point for Naval Warfare?

       Recently, a US-made “Mojave” short take-off and landing drone completed a take-off and landing test on the British aircraft carrier “Prince of Wales”. This UAV is 9.1 meters long, has a wingspan of 16.8 meters, a maximum take-off weight of 3.175 tons, and can carry 12 Hellfire missiles. Royal Navy Rear Admiral James Parkin, who is in charge of the project, said that the successful test heralds an important step in the evolution of the Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier battle group towards a hybrid unmanned combat force.    The earliest trials and combat use of drones on ships occurred during the Vietnam War. At the end of 1969, the…

  • AI and the Art of Warfare: How Military Applications of AI are Revolutionizing Combat

    War, War never changes. This is a famous line in the role-playing game “Fallout” series, “War, war will never change.” Since the dawn of humanity, we have pursued with greatest passion the most efficient means of destroying other humans. Engels had a prophecy: “Once technological progress can be used for military purposes and has been used for military purposes, they will immediately almost forcefully, and often against the commander’s will, cause changes or even revolutions in the way of fighting.” As one of the most important technological breakthroughs of this era, AI cannot escape this curse. Today, more than two months have passed since the big AI discussion triggered by…

error: Content is protected !!