The US military isn't ready for the coming drone war

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Photo collage of Drones, and American soldiers.

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A Russian infantry vehicle darts across a war-torn field, trying to outrun a small Ukrainian drone. But there's no escaping this peculiar weapon: a high-speed, highly maneuverable flying IED.

Peter Thiel was trapped inside a student debating hall by pro-Palestine protesters accusing him of genocide

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Peter Thiel speaks at the Cambridge Union
Peter Thiel speaks at the Cambridge Union Society.

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China's true military spending in 2022 was likely worth $711 billion, or 'nearly equal' to the US military budget that year: US think tank

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An air defense squadron conducts a live-fire drill in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China, April 28, 2024.
An air defense squadron conducts a live-fire drill in Changzhou, Jiangsu province, China, April 28, 2024.

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China's defense budget was reported as 3 times smaller than America's, but 2 analysts say the Pentagon is underselling Beijing's true military strength

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Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission CMC, extends Spring Festival greetings to the country's military veterans when attending a gala held by the CMC for retired military officers of Beijing-based troops in Beijing, capital of China, Jan.

Ukraine losing Western support makes the US 'more vulnerable' because China is watching the war closely, NATO chief says

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Xi Jinping and Jens Stoltenberg are seen in separate conferences.
Jens Stoltenberg said China is closely watching how well Putin can achieve his goals in Ukraine.

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt quietly created a company called White Stork, which plans to build AI-powered attack drones, report says

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Eric Schmidt was the CEO of Google until 2011.

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China doesn't have the military power to successfully invade Taiwan, the majority of 52 US experts said in a survey

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Taiwanese soldiers stand guard as flares are fired during a Taiwanese military live-fire drill, after Beijing increased its military exercises near Taiwan, in Pingtung, Taiwan, 6 September 2022.
Taiwanese soldiers stand guard as flares are fired during a Taiwanese military live-fire drill, after Beijing increased its military exercises near Taiwan, in Pingtung, Taiwan, 6 September 2022.

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The Houthi rebels' leader threatened earlier that a US strike would only make the group launch fiercer attacks in the Red Sea

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Houthi fighters brandish their weapons and shout anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a march in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 11, 2024.
Houthi fighters brandish their weapons and shout anti-US and anti-Israel slogans during a march in solidarity with the Palestinian people in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on January 11, 2024.

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The US is piling huge amounts of firepower into the Red Sea to combat Houthi attacks on vital shipping routes

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Houthi loyalists show off their weapons in Amran province, Yemen, on December 20, 2023.

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A US Air Force Osprey crashed near Japan with 6 on board, the latest in a string of fatal accidents

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An MV-22 Osprey assault support aircraft departing off the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge on June 8 in the Baltic Sea.

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