Category Security & Threat Management

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

Security & Threat Management

DARPA ‘s PROTEUS urban combat software allows Marine commanders to explore and develop new multidomain fighting concepts

Cities have become the new battleground and Hybrid or Urban Warfare the greatest threat being waged by ISIS to Boko Haram to Hamas to Ukraine rebels. Urban warfare is fundamentally unchanged since World War I in many regards: battle is…...

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Rajesh Uppal
January 23, 2022

Cyber & Information Warfare, Security & Threat Management

Growing threat of Cryptocurrency in terrorism for terror financing

Modern terrorist attacks display increasingly sophisticated ICT skills in both conducting their attacks and communicating them globally through digital technologies, combined with, in some cases, an awareness of counter-intelligence measures, largely enabled by Web 2.0. The Paris attackers displayed the…...

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Rajesh Uppal
January 19, 2022

Defence & Military Systems, Geopolitics, Strategy & Technological Rivalries, Security & Threat Management

Modernization of military intelligence spying and espionage

Intelligence, in military science, information concerning an enemy or an area. The term is also used for an agency that gathers such information. Military intelligence is as old as warfare itself. Even in biblical times, Moses sent spies to live with…...

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Rajesh Uppal
January 14, 2022

Global Risks & Future Threats, Security & Threat Management

Media Manipulation strategies and techniques

Media manipulation is a series of related techniques in which partisans create an image or argument that favours their particular interests. Such tactics may include the use of logical fallacies, psychological manipulations, outright deception (disinformation), rhetorical and propaganda techniques, and…...

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Rajesh Uppal
January 11, 2022

Security & Threat Management, Unmanned & Autonomous Systems

Security forces require throwable robots that can send video of inside buildings

Cities have become the new battleground and Hybrid or Urban Warfare the greatest threat being waged by ISIS to Boko Haram to Hamas to Ukraine rebels. The terrorists resort to Asymmetric Warfare exploiting the limitations and vulnerabilities of high-tech weapons…...

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Rajesh Uppal
January 1, 2022

Global Risks & Future Threats, Security & Threat Management

Pollution control strategies and technologies to fight growing menace of pollution deaths

Atmospheric pollution is a growing problem, particularly in urban areas and in less developed countries. With half the world has no access to clean fuels or technologies (e.g. stoves, lamps), the very air we breathe is growing dangerously polluted. More…...

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Rajesh Uppal
December 18, 2021

AI & IT, Security & Threat Management

DARPA SIGMA+ using advanced intelligence analytics to detect chemical, biological, and explosives threats

Since the invention of nuclear power, there have been numerous “accidents.” From Three Mile Island and Chernobyl to the more recent problems in Fukushima, it would seem nuclear power is not fully under our control. Recently a Chinese scientist has…...

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Rajesh Uppal
December 11, 2021

Critical & Emerging Technologies, Security & Threat Management

Crime reduction, prevention and response is being bolstered though 5G, data analytics and AI tools

predictive policing how emerging technologies are helping prevent crimes 2 638

Criminal activity continues to be a major concern in modern civilisations, with most nations facing unacceptable levels of crime and delinquency. The results show that African and Latin American countries suffer from the highest levels of various types of crime across…...

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Rajesh Uppal
December 4, 2021

Air Force & Aviation, Biotech & Synthetic Biology, Global Risks & Future Threats, Security & Threat Management

Chemical/Biological Threat to Air Transportation

Historically, most terrorist attacks on civilian targets have involved the use of firearms or explosives, and current defensive strategies are aimed at preventing attacks perpetrated by such means. However, the use of the nerve agent sarin in 1995 to attack…...

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Rajesh Uppal
December 1, 2021