Hypersonic Flight

Drones vie with supersonics for the future of flight

9 Feb 2012

Would you prefer to speed half way around the world in a matter of hours, or to zip about in a pilotless plane?

Kicking down the world's door

7 Feb 2012

Make no mistake: we're entering a new world of military planning. Admittedly, the latest proposed Pentagon budget manages to preserve just about every costly toy-cum-boondoggle from the good old days when MiGs still roamed the skies, including an uncut nuclear arsenal.

Tom Engelhardt: Offshore Everywhere

6 Feb 2012

War has always been the most human and inhuman of activities. Now, it seems, its inhuman aspect is quite literally on the rise. With the U.S. military working to roboticize the future battlefield, the American way of war is destined to be imbued with Terminator-style terror.