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The World’s First Supersonic UAV Is Ready for Takeoff
The ability to drop bombs on targets a continent away can be a huge tactical advantage (even if it is just saber-rattling). Doing so at supersonic speeds, nearly automatically, is even better. That's why the UK has spent the better part of a decade de...
The World’s First Supersonic UAV Is Ready for Takeoff
The ability to drop bombs on targets a continent away can be a huge tactical advantage (even if it is just saber-rattling). Doing so at supersonic speeds, nearly automatically, is even better. That's why the UK has spent the better part of a decade de...
The New Fastest Helicopter on Earth Can Fly at an Insane 300MPH
Most helicopters are built for hovering, not for speed. But the Eurocopter X3 is built for both. The demonstrator tilt-rotor aircraft proved as much when it set a pair of air speed records earlier this month.Read more...
The New Fastest Helicopter on Earth Can Fly at an Insane 300MPH
Most helicopters are built for hovering, not for speed. But the Eurocopter X3 is built for both. The demonstrator tilt-rotor aircraft proved as much when it set a pair of air speed records earlier this month.Read more...
China Has the World’s Fastest Supercomputer (And It’s 2x Fast as Ours)
Watson may have been able to trounce a pair of Jeopardy champs, but it can't hold a candle to the new king of number crunching, the 3.12 million-core Tianhe-2.Read more...
China Has the World’s Fastest Supercomputer (And It’s 2x Fast as Ours)
Watson may have been able to trounce a pair of Jeopardy champs, but it can't hold a candle to the new king of number crunching, the 3.12 million-core Tianhe-2.Read more...
Who Built This Mysterious Spy Drone Captured By Syrian Rebels?
The situation in Syria is getting worse by the hour. France and the UK have both confirmed Assad's use of Sarin gas against rebel-held towns, Hezbollah fighters have jumped in to the regime's defense, and drones are falling out of the sky at an alarmin...
Who Built This Mysterious Spy Drone Captured By Syrian Rebels?
The situation in Syria is getting worse by the hour. France and the UK have both confirmed Assad's use of Sarin gas against rebel-held towns, Hezbollah fighters have jumped in to the regime's defense, and drones are falling out of the sky at an alarmin...
China’s First Aircraft Carrier Is Finally Shipshape
During the Korean War, China's greatest military resource was its vastly overwhelming personnel numbers. However, over the past three decades, the People's Liberation Army has undergone a sea change in military strategy, evolving from a massive army with outdated Soviet weapons to a modernized fighting force, replete with aircraft, submarines, and warships—but no aircraft carriers. That is, until the Liaoning was commissioned.
    
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