Category Weapons & Munitions

Material, Security & Threat Management, Weapons & Munitions

Ion beam accelerator for nuclear device characterization, detection of contraband materials, and Directed energy weapons

Ion beam accelerators are machines providing kinetic energy to charged particles called ions, which bombard the target sample – the material to be irradiated and subsequently analyzed. The target can be a thin foil or a piece of mineral, rubber,…...

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Rajesh Uppal
February 15, 2022

Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries, Global Risks & Future Threats, Weapons & Munitions

China, North Korea and others developing Super-EMP and other Electromagnetic Weapons, posing serious threat to civil society

The electromagnetic pulse commonly abbreviated as EMP, is a high-intensity burst of electromagnetic energy caused by the rapid acceleration of charged particles, can be produced by intense solar storms or by a nuclear weapon detonated high in the atmosphere. For…...

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Rajesh Uppal
January 14, 2022

Navy & Maritime, Weapons & Munitions

Militaries developing underwater weapons from Amphibious guns to Supercavitating bullets for Underwater Warfare

Underwater warfare is one of the three operational areas of naval warfare, the others being surface warfare and aerial warfare. It refers to combat conducted underwater such as: Actions by submarines actions, and anti-submarine warfare, i.e. warfare between submarines, other…...

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Rajesh Uppal
January 6, 2022

AI & IT, Weapons & Munitions

Threat of AI enabled or Autonomous Nuclear weapons

AI is projected to create 11 trillion dollars of economic value in the next decade. This is driving vigorous AI race among countries led by US, China, Russia who are spending billions of dollars to assume leadership in its development…...

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Rajesh Uppal
January 4, 2022

Nanotech, Photonics, Weapons & Munitions

Nanomaterials for protection from laser weapons

Laser attacks targeting pilots and air crews are a major concern across the world with most attacks reported to take place during take-off and landing. According to figures from the US Federal Aviation Authority, there were 6,753 laser illuminations reported in…...

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Rajesh Uppal
January 1, 2022

AI & IT, Weapons & Munitions

Military race to develop autonomous and intelligent missiles and missile swarms to strike targets in anti-access, area-denial environment

Artificial intelligence is a branch of computer science dealing with the simulation of intelligent behavior in computers. A computer system able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.…...

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Rajesh Uppal
December 28, 2021

Unmanned & Autonomous Systems, Weapons & Munitions

DARPA MFP developed drone swarm interceptor system to protect convoys moving through populated regions

“The rapid evolution of small unmanned air systems (sUAS) technologies is fueling the exponential growth of the commercial drone sector, creating new asymmetric threats for warfighters. sUASs’ size and low cost enable novel concepts of employment that present challenges to…...

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Rajesh Uppal
December 10, 2021

Army & Land, Weapons & Munitions

Soft Recoil Technology

Artillery weapons have been used for hundreds of years. These weapons have been continuously developed to improve accuracy, effectiveness, and efficiency. When an artillery weapon is fired, the energy of the round must be absorbed by the weapon’s structure and…...

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Rajesh Uppal
November 25, 2021

Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries, Industry & Market Dynamics, Weapons & Munitions

Israeli arms industry uses Gaza strip as their testing laboratory for new weapons development and to sell them as battle proven weapons

An outbreak of violence in the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict commenced on 10 May 2021, though disturbances took place earlier, and continued until a ceasefire came into effect on 21 May. It was marked by protests and rioting, police riot control,…...

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Rajesh Uppal
November 19, 2021

Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries, Strategy, Policy & Governance, Weapons & Munitions

Countries developing Strategies and Tactics for warfighting for Information Warfare

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A rapidly increasing percentage of the world’s population is connected to the global information environment. The new information age has seen rise of social media, bloggers, smartphones, plethora of cable and satellite news channels. It can also be seen in…...

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Rajesh Uppal
November 8, 2021