Mastodawn

"Autonomous" weapons systems ought to be regulated at the level of nuclear weapons and treated with as much care. "Autonomous" is a weasel word for "indiscriminate".

Imagine one million tiny, cheaply-made explosive drones that are "controlled" by "AI" and deployed at an "enemy", after which no human beings are involved or even could be involved in what happens. The massive destruction is ballistic at that point, let's be real. The fact that the algorithms guiding the weapons employ gradient descent in a slightly different way from previous weapons systems makes no difference to this reality.

#US #WeaponSystems #AI

Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Feb 25

“It should be obvious that applying hallucinatory and unreliable #GenerativeAI to #weaponsystems without #humans in the loop could be #catastrophic.” open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...

30 seconds to midnight? 15?

30 seconds to midnight? 15?

The Trump administration is literally playing with fire.

Marcus on AI

Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines Feb 7

Saturday, February 7, 2026

Russia launches Friday morning rush hour missile, drone attack on Ukraine -- Drone discovered on Moldovan territory near Ukraine border -- 18 prisoners in 24 hours: Ukraine's Azov International reveals video of Dobropillia clearing operation -- Canadian female fighter at the forefront of Ukraine's drone war ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/02/saturday-february-7-2026/

Rishika Chavan Nov 13

Light Weapons Market Set for Growth

From USD 12.61B (2019) → USD 25.61B by 2032 (CAGR ~ 5.60%)
North America leads with 44.96% share.

Source: https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/light-weapons-market-103529

#SmallArmsMarket #LightWeapons #DefenseTech #MilitaryIndustry #GrowthForecast #WeaponSystems

Rishika Chavan Nov 10

Rifles Market Update

The global rifles market was valued at USD 3.44 billion in 2024, and is projected to grow from USD 3.54 billion in 2025 to USD 4.77 billion by 2032, at a CAGR of 4.35%. North America dominated with a 43.31% share in 2024.

Source: https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/rifles-market-112872

#Rifles #DefenseTech #SmallArms #MilitaryProcurement #MarketResearch #DefenseIndustry #WeaponSystems

Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines Aug 13, 2025

Wednesday, August 13, 2025

Ukraine takes ‘effective measures’ to stop Russian infiltration near Dobropillia, Pokrovsk — How Ukraine is building a system of returning, reintegrating, and protecting children abducted by Russia — How Ukraine is building a system of returning, reintegrating, and protecting children abducted by Russia — We went to hell and back to achieve this result: SBU chief on Ukraine’s Operation Spiderweb strike on Russian bombers … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/wednesday-august-13-2025/

accademia della grappa Jun 26, 2025

…#F35 get rid of the shit now!

#CH #politics #defense #weaponsystems

Christoph Merk Apr 30, 2025

So the #dealmaker made a deal... first he put lots of pressure on #Zelensky and the #UkrainePeople, lots of young men had to die needless, #Trump knew that #Putin would not go for any #peaceagreement. Now he feels “betrayed” by Putin, now that he got a #GreatDeal for the #USA ... and now hopefully the #US will deliver modern #weaponsystems again. Let's see if all the #anti-NATO talk from #POTUS was just show… oops…yeah... he wants another “great deal” … right. Time for a #divorce, #EU & grow up!

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Kevin Karhan

Mar 10, 2025

@br00t4c ALL #US #WeaponSystems have #KillSwitches!

Why else do you think #Israel insists on having their own, #domestic-made & -designed #ControlSystems and #Avionics installed in their #USA-made weapons???