Pentagon Report Calls for Office of ‘Strategic Deception’
The Defense Department needs to get better at lying and fooling people about its intentions. That’s the conclusion from an influential Pentagon panel, the Defense Science Board (DSB), which recommends...
View ArticleReport Blasts Military For Not Being Nuke-Proof
If, by some chance, you end up surviving the nuclear apocalypse, don’t count on the U.S. military to be around to help you rebuild. Or don’t expect all its fancy electronics and communications...
View ArticleShadow Wars Get Big Bucks in Last-Minute Defense Bill
Fighting (or pretending to fight) al-Qaeda on behalf of the U.S.? Congress is your private Santa. Defying Beltway expectations, both chambers of Congress approved a $724.6 billion defense bill for the...
View ArticleThe Pentagon Doesn’t Trust Its Own Robots
The Pentagon's science advisers want military robots to operate with far greater autonomy than they do today. Only one problem: there's a cloud of distrust and misunderstanding hovering over the robots...
View ArticlePentagon Scientists: We Can’t Predict Violent Outbursts. Yet.
In the years to come, a top group of military scientists believe, the Pentagon may be able to use genomics and bio-markers to spot when a soldier is about to snap.
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