The United States military plans to start using thousands of autonomous war robot systems in the next two years in a bid to counter China’s growing power, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks announced in a speech. The so-called Replicator initiative aims to work with defense and other tech companies to produce high volumes ...
The extraordinary footage of a Russian jet intercepting a U.S. drone over the Black Sea demonstrates just how potentially disastrous such encounters outside actual war zones can be. Released by the Pentagon, the drone’s own video captures the Russian aircraft apparently spraying the drone with fuel, then deliberately colliding with it. The incident matches similar ...
The war between Russia and Ukraine goes on, despite the rounds of peace talks between politicians of the neighboring countries. This can create stress and fear in people. While those in the war zone are directly impacted and must deal with the aftermath, it does not mean people in other places are entirely unaffected. It ...
It seems that the world is staring at a supply shortage of major food grains used for making edible oils. In many countries, including Germany, mustard producers are talking about supply bottlenecks. Owing to unforeseen mustard seed shortages, mustard prices may soar upward in Germany, as is being speculated. Of course, this is not without ...
The use of cameras during the American Civil War began to shift the public’s perception of what such horrific conflicts were like beyond illustrations or dramatized paintings. Soon, governments knew the evocative power that photographic images could hold, and all sides censored them during the two world wars as they felt appropriate. It was the unbridled and ...
A new study into the prevalence of homelessness in ex-serving men and women calls for urgent policy attention and improved services. A much larger number of Australian veterans are homeless than previously estimated, according to new national research published in the Australian Journal of Social Issues. About 5,800 ex-serving men and women are homeless in a ...
The increasing involvement of China and Russia in Antarctica is reportedly making the Australian government nervous. Both countries seem less interested in safeguarding the marine ecosystem of the continent than pushing forward their militaristic interest in the region. Why the interest in Antarctica? Australia’s scientific community had warned the government last year about the country’s ...
Zheng Chenggong is known as one of China’s national heroes for his retaking of Taiwan from the Dutch in 1662. What is not so well known is that he employed numerous foreign legions alongside his own troops, and from their number, he appointed African soldiers as his personal bodyguards. Between the end of the Ming ...
On December 10, 1939, during the horrors of the Japanese aggression against the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-45), 2,988 Chinese soldiers were assigned to defend a bridge on the Yangtze River. By morning, the Chinese Nanking Battalion had simply vanished. Ready to fight The commander of the newly-arrived battalion was a ...
The Spring and Autumn Period led to many changes in China. Wars were prevalent between competing kingdoms. A unique set of rules developed for battle during this time. Do you think the rules of war below are fair? Should today’s society have something similar? Spring and Autumn Period rules of war Declare war before raising ...
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