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Intruders beware: armed robots on patrol
NEWS: 10:48 25 October 2010
Autonomous roving robots are being deployed to guard sensitive installations and national borders – and some of them are armedTritium shortage threatens US nuclear disarmament goal
UPFRONT: 17:12 20 October 2010 | 2 comments
A new tritium plant to maintain existing US nuclear weapons could send the wrong message to the rest of the worldUS navy seeks 'safer' bomb
NEWS: 12:31 10 September 2010 | 5 comments
A variable-yield "dial-a-blast" bomb could reduce the number of innocent people killed or injured during an air attack, the US navy thinksTwo Chinese satellites rendezvous in orbit
10:00 31 August 2010
A new Chinese satellite seems to have nudged another orbiting probe – perhaps paving the way for a space station, or possibly attacks on other satellites Navy laser roasts incoming drones in mid-air 
14:41 19 July 2010 | 5 comments
A remote-piloted military aircraft meets a new enemy – a ship-mounted laser that can shoot it downReconstructed: Archimedes's flaming steam cannon
16:30 13 July 2010 | 2 comments
Archimedes may have built a cannon powered by sun-reflecting mirrors to hurl flaming projectiles at invading Roman forcesWarning sounded over British dogfighting drone
15:40 12 July 2010 | 10 comments
The UK government has entered the uncrewed autonomous vehicle market – and faces questions from concerned expertsStar wars: a new hope for arms control in space
THIS WEEK: 18:00 07 July 2010
The regulation of space weapons and satellite interceptors is back on the US agenda, but will everyone agree before Earth is caged in orbiting junk?Trains, planes and ships: smuggling nukes into the US
16:46 07 July 2010
Nuclear smugglers still have plenty of ways to enter the US – so says the government's watchdog From sea to sky: Submarines that fly
FEATURE: 08:00 05 July 2010 | 8 comments
The Pentagon wants a vehicle that can soar like an eagle and swim like a stingray – and engineers are rising to its challengeFUTURE TECHNOLOGY
Top 10: Weapons of the future
We went from swords to machine guns and nuclear bombs, but what are the next weapons on the horizon? New Scientist rounds up ten of the most promising technologies
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