Technological developments have enabled the evolution of warfare from cavemen bludgeoning each other with blunt objects to career soldiers... Read & Discuss
Unlike soldiers, robots can take the worst of a bomb blast and survive to see another battle. So when an explosive needs to be detonated, the... Read & Discuss
There's a problem brewing over the skies of Iraq, and it's not weather related. Thanks to a new generation of cheaper, smaller robots, Iraqi... Read & Discuss
Not only are robots being used for military offensives, but they are also being deployed to rescue wounded soldiers. These robot medics can... Read & Discuss
Robots are assisting soldiers both on the battlefield and off. Some 30,000 men and women have lost limbs over the course of the conflict in... Read & Discuss
The capture of the U2 spy plane pilot Gary Powers was one of the tensest incidents of the Cold War. In modern warfare, high-flying surveillance... Read & Discuss
We've learned about robots that spy, rescue, aid, survey, and defuse. In the final episode of our "Military Robots" series, we encounter robots... Read & Discuss
Sex. Ass. Falun gong. Chances are, if you’re reading this right now, you don’t live in Yemen, Myanmar, or China. Internet censorship can... Read & Discuss
In 2003, Donald Rumsfeld estimated a war with Iraq would cost $60 billion. Five years later, the cost of Iraq war operations is more than 10... Read & Discuss