Military use of IT

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A power cut that hit part of Kiev is judged a cyber-attack by researchers investigating the incident.

The Airmen of the 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada have a much different deployed experience than most other members of the Ai

By the time you arrive at the scene, the soldier's blood pressure has dropped perilously low. His pulse is an arrhythmic beat, barely registering on the tips of your fingers. His foot, meanwhile, is long gone. And the first casualty in an explosion that has left nothing but a splay of splintered bones and some…

BY BLAKE STILWELL – WEARETHEMIGHTY.COM Usually, any mention of “computer-based training” leads to more groans from troops than any GI Party ever could. No

NATO must have more money to boost defences

The US military launches 103 miniature swarming drones from a fighter jet during a test in California.

Once soldiers left their families and went off to war. But drone pilots commute to work - and war - each day. They speak to Vin Ray about their strange double life.

Virtual reality parachuting simulation Virtual reality has been adopted by the military – this includes all three services (army, navy and air force) – where it is used for training purposes. This is particularly useful for training soldiers for combat situations or other dangerous settings where they have to learn how to react in an …

Eric Schlosser on the lack of security surrounding nuclear weapons, the vulnerability of their safeguards, and the possibility of nuclear war with Russia.