As Profits Rose, Investment Lagged Behind Aug. 19, 2013 – 09:26AM | By ZACHARY FRYER-BIGGS and MARCUS WEISGERBER | C WASHINGTON — The defense industry enjoyed nearly a decade of explosive growth following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, but… Read More ›
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Pain ray: The US military’s new agony beam weapon
16 May 2013 by David Hambling Magazine issue 2916. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the Weapons Technology Topic Guide A weapon that fires a beam hundreds of metres to induce unbearable pain is ready to be unleashed on… Read More ›
Software that tracks people on social media created by defence firm
Exclusive: Raytheon’s Riot program mines social network data like a ‘Google for spies’, drawing ire from civil rights groups Ryan Gallagher The Guardian, Sunday 10 February 2013 10.20 EST Link to video: How Raytheon software tracks you online A multinational… Read More ›
Rise of the Machines: Autonomous killer robots ‘could be developed in 20 years’
Militaries around the world ‘very excited’ about replacing soldiers with robots that can act independently U.S. leads the way with automated weapons systems, but drones still need remote control operator authorisation to open fire Human Rights Watch calls for worldwide… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 