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Artist's concept of laser weapon mounted in a truck; a real laser weapon emits an invisible infrared beam.
AerospaceNews

Liquid Lasers Challenge Fiber Lasers as the Basis of Future High-Energy Weapons

Boeing and General Atomics are teaming to scale a novel killer-laser technology to 250 kilowatts.

3 min read
German shepherd army dog trained to detect explosives, together with his trainer
SemiconductorsSensorsNewsJournal Watch

Wanted: A Bomb Detector as Sensitive as a Dog's Nose

Researchers developed a chemicals sensor that can identify trace amounts of explosive substances, such as TNT, in real-time

3 min read
Vice Adm. Dave Kriete, who is the Deputy Commander of U.S. Strategic Command, speaks at Offutt Air Force Base in January 2019, in Omaha, Nebraska.
AerospaceNews

US Nuclear Weapons Expert on Low-Yield Warheads, Stockpile Stewardship, and Plutonium Pit Production

Vice Admiral Dave Kriete explains how the United States maintains its stockpile, and why the nation is developing new low-yield nuclear weapons

7 min read
Sandia National Laboratories scientists built and programmed an automated robotic system to recycle weapons for the Army.
RoboticsNews

Sandia’s Robots Pull Apart Warheads to Recycle Thousands of Micro-grenades

More than 700,000 bomblets have been turned into recyclable metal thanks to hard-working robots

4 min read

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