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Footage shows Russia’s TOS-2 thermobaric weapon in action

New footage from the war in Ukraine has drawn attention to the deployment of the Russian TOS-2 Tosochka, a heavy rocket ...

Rostec announced that TOS-1A ammunition had turned the fortifications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine into traps.

Heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A "Solntsepek" turn the enemy's capital fortifications into traps. This was reported on May 6 ...
IEEE

Artificial Intelligence in Combat Decision-Making: Weapon Target Assignment via Reinforcement Learning and Graph Neural Networks

Abstract: Selecting targets to attack and assigning weapons are among the most critical decisions on the battlefield. The decision problem is represented as a dynamic weapon-target assignment (DWTA) ...
Defense News

What we know about the US military’s new joint laser weapon system

The Demonstrator Laser Weapon System, acting as a ground-based test surrogate for the SHiELD system, was able to engage and shoot down several air-launched missiles during tests at the High Energy ...
History-Computer on MSN

These banned war weapons are still in use today

There's a line drawn in the sand when it comes to what weapons and platforms are considered war crimes. Over the last century or so, the international community has established a series of complex ...
The New York Times

Iran War Has Drained U.S. Supplies of Critical, Costly Weapons

The Pentagon’s rush to rearm its Mideast forces makes it less ready to confront potential adversaries like Russia and China, administration and congressional officials say. The Pentagon’s rush to ...
PBS

Japan lifts ban on lethal weapons exports in major change of its postwar pacifist policy

TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Tuesday scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and ...
NPR

Japan approves scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports

TOKYO — Japan on Tuesday endorsed scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation ...
The New York Times

Japan to Sell More Weapons Abroad, Breaking With Postwar Pacifism

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reversed limits on arms exports as Japan faces rising threats from China and unpredictability from its main ally, the United States. By Javier C. Hernández Reporting from ...
The Washington Post

Japan lifts post-World War II ban on lethal weapons exports

TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday announced her country will begin selling lethal weapons abroad, a major shift from a post-World War II pacifist commitment during a time of ...
NBC News

Japan approves scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy

TOKYO — Japan on Tuesday endorsed scrapping a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change of its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry and deepen cooperation ...
Wall Street Journal

Germany Is Reinventing Itself as a Weapons Factory

BERLIN—As its export model breaks down, Germany is pivoting from cars to cannons—and trying to turn industrial decline into a defense boom. After decades as Europe’s manufacturing engine, the country ...