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Panel Warns of Economic and Military Impacts from Russia’s Plans for Arctic
May 11, 2021 1:10 PM
Paratroopers with 2nd battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, “Spartan Brigade,” conduct high-angle fires with their M777 155mm Howitzer during training at Yukon training area, Alaska, May 6, 2021. US Army Photo
Top security experts recently warned that Russia’s plan to remain the sole Arctic superpower is “worrisome and troublesome” and argued that ambition has economic and military implications far into the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
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Home » Foreign Forces » UPDATED: U.S. Ships Fired Shots to Warn Off 13 Iranian Fast Boats Harassing U.S. Guided Missile Sub, Warships
UPDATED: U.S. Ships Fired Shots to Warn Off 13 Iranian Fast Boats Harassing U.S. Guided Missile Sub, Warships
May 10, 2021 4:15 PM
Two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC), a type of speedboat armed with machine guns, conducted unsafe and unprofessional maneuvers while operating in close proximity to USCGC Maui (WPB-1304) as it transits the Strait of Hormuz with other U.S. naval vessels on May 10, 2021. US Navy Photo
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The United States (US) Army is creating an innovative software that could possibly give army machinery the ability to follow verbal orders from soldiers and communicate in natural language while on the battlefield. However, currently the technology is used for search and rescue missions while its further development is underway.
This move is followed by artificial intelligence (AI) efforts made in China, crafted to outrank the US in quantum computing in a five-year plan.
JUDI Software set to Streamline Battle Comms
Army s Combat Capabilities Development Command (aka DEVCOM) researchers and the University of Southern California are working in partnership for this project. The technology is said to be called a JUDI: a Joint Understanding and Dialogue Interface which boasts as a conversational AI system for military machines.
Military Bases Housing Migrant Children Plagued by Serial Sexual Abuse Claims
Published: April 17, 2021
The Biden administration is now housing unaccompanied migrant children on military bases in Texas and California. Some of these bases have been plagued for years by record sexual abuse claims, one with the highest in the nation. All of them suffer from dangerous environmental contamination.
A sign denoting the end of the Fort Bliss military installation on the far east side of El Paso, Texas. Source: Wikimedia
Over the first few months of 2021, the migrant crisis at the US-Mexico border has exploded. Due to the policies of the Obama, Trump and now Biden administrations, many of those migrants, particularly unaccompanied minors, remain housed in increasingly controversial “overflow facilities.”