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Railguns: the next generation of weapons.

 Railguns: the next generation of weapons.  Japan made its first railgun test at sea.  Things like drone swarms require new types of AA systems. Those systems must shoot down high-flying multiple targets with low-cost ammunition. Railguns are weapons that shoot projectiles in the speed of Mach 3 or higher speeds. The famous GAU-8 "Avenger" cannon's ammunition hits the target with a speed of Mach 1,5. And that weapon destroys any tank.  The improved laser-based anti-missile systems can also destroy missiles that attack the ships. And also modern tanks have active defense systems that can destroy the incoming rocket projectiles. The railgun ammunition is small and it's hard to destroy.  The railgun gives warships and other military vehicles the ability to shoot air-ground and sea targets with the same weapon. The rate of fire of the railgun can be very high. Chinese navy tested a hypersonic railgun with a very high rate of fire. These kinds of weapons are tools that can

Killer drones are effective tools.

 Killer drones are effective tools.  The drone can operate two ways on the battlefield.  1) The drone can point targets to other machines like artillery and aircraft. In that case, the drone sends its location to fire control. Then it measures the distance and direction of the target. That data allows the operators to aim weapons at the precise right point.  2) The drone itself can destroy targets. There are two models of that kind of drone.  A) Kamikaze drones. Those drones are miniature-size cruise missiles. Some of them can patrol the battlefield. They can send data from their nose camera to command centers. And when their fuel is ended, those drones can dive against their targets.  B) Weaponized killer drones. Those drones are equipped with weapons. And that makes them like miniaturized combat helicopters or combat aircraft. When people talk about autonomous killing, the question is about the point where operators give fire commands. The operator can give a fire command just after

Cognitive attacks against the VR and automatized computing systems are a real threat.

     Cognitive attacks against the VR and automatized computing systems are a real threat.  Above: Ukranian drone operator uses VR glasses. Those systems are potential targets for cyber-attacks that can deliver propaganda or be used in other psychological or cognitive operations.  The cognitive systems learn from their mistakes. And that thing makes cognitive systems more lethal than any other system. In this version of an essay that handles cognitive attacks, the perspective is on cyber attacks like AI-driven neural networks. Those neural networks operate as independent attackers.  AI must not rest or keep breaks. That means it can attack against other systems 24/7. The attacker can give orders to an AI-based system. Then go to work. When the day is over, return to home or the hacking place. The hacker probably uses an attacking system by using a remote control. That denies the possibility of closing the hacker's internet by tracking the attacking computer. That can hidden in some

The new technology can replace the GPS.

   The new technology can replace the GPS.  The new quantum photonic chips that act based on Weak Value Amplification (WVA) technology can replace GPS. The problem with the GPS is that it sometimes loses its contact with satellites in tunnels and cases where it's jammed.  If a drone operates over open ground-area. It can use DSMAC (Digital Scene-Matching Area Correlation). In that case, there is a satellite or aerial image of the route that the drone should follow on its computer. Then the system compiles those images with images, that the CCD camera takes.  And if images match the drone is on the right route. In some cases the DSMAC uses Lidar but the problem is that especially in war zone things like houses can be destroyed and the land area might be turned different than it just were because of the use of fire. In cases where a drone must go to caves, it must use some other navigation tools than just GPS. The systems that replace the GPS must also be in cases where drones resear

The threat of nuclear terrorism.

 The threat of nuclear terrorism.  The hackers attacked Israel by using the Red Alert warning application as a platform. They claimed that Israel was under nuclear threat. Nuclear terrorism is one of the most frightening things. The problem is that nuclear technology falls in the hands of those who don't care or don't have the skills to protect those platforms.  We should concerned about nuclear terrorism and the escalation of nuclear weapons because of Burkina Faso and Russian atomic cooperation. Also, Iranian military aid to Russia in the Ukrainian war causes the question of whether Iran wants nuclear weapon technology as a counter-gift.  Those hackers created the fake message that Israel was under a nuclear terrorist threat. Those kinds of messages are serious things. Even if they are meant for trolls.  But does the threat of nuclear terror rise? When we think about the situations where Russians sell nuclear power plants to Burkina Faso, that can mean that people like Hamas

When robots are laughing and crying.

When robots are laughing and crying.  Does the AI have feelings?  Does the AI have feelings? Or can it be emphatic? The fact is this program code that controls the AI determines if it can give empathic reactions. The problem with the human nervous system is that we don't make a difference in the writing of empathic letters or telling empathic stories human or AI. Our nervous system is not adapted to AI yet. And that's why we cannot separate text written by AI from text that made by humans.  What does somebody make with AI that can emulate feelings? The fact is that the cyborgs are useful tools for infiltration operations. The human-size robots can have WLAN/6G connections with the central computers. Or they can form a neural network that shares information between all group members. The robots can also act as walking neural network-based supercomputers. That can make complicated solutions.  In those networks, each member shares information and their data-handling capacity all o

What comes after Chat GPT?

 What comes after Chat GPT?  The ICT business is hectic. This operating area requires a willingness to learn new things over an entire career. ICT lessons and training are things that teach people to search for information. The situation in the ICT business is always like this: Things that students learn can be old-fashioned in one month.  The last big advance was the GUI (Graphical User Interface). And that thing took jobs from the bat. programmers. The next big thing is the AI. First came the Chat GPT which can make computer programs by following instructions. That controller gives. And the next big thing was that the AI integrated with the search engines.  AI is a useful tool, especially in programming. Data that it requires are well documented and short in the form that the AI can use without problems. The AI can make complicated computer programs by collecting data from the internet. And that thing makes it superior to human programmers. The Chat GPT is a programming tool that can

The AI can probably help us to understand animals better.

   The AI can probably help us to understand animals better. The AI can probably help us to understand animals better. And the AI also can read and understand the animal language. The idea of this kind of behavioral research is always similar. The AI collects a dataset that involves things like animal sounds. Then those sounds will play to other similar animals, and the AI follows the reactions. Then AI connects certain voices with certain actions.  The AI-based communication system can order animals very easily. The system must only know what signals predict certain actions. When a system operator wants the animals to make something, that person must only play the record that launches certain behaviors.  That allows it to control animals by using their voices. The AI must record voices or sounds that the animals use as communication in ultra- and infrasound areas. The system can also use holograms so that those animals can see all things that activate certain behaviors.  But if we thi

The AI makes aviation safer.

   The AI makes aviation safer.  MIT created the AI that follows the pilot's behavior. That kind of AI is a so-called technical copilot, whose mission is to assist the pilot. Developers are making similar systems to cars and other transportation tools. The equipment to which AI has access determines its abilities. And the AI copilot is the tool, that can correct the errors that humans make.  Many crashes happened actually after some other dangerous situation. When pilots first survive some close-call situation, they simply forget to make some routine maneuvers or release the landing gear. In the car, people can stop it and breathe. But in the air, the aircraft continues its flying after those situations.  And in some other cases human error, like misunderstanding who should fly the aircraft while landing causes an accident. Or the communication between the copilot and captain somehow is misunderstood.  "With Air-Guardian, a computer program can track where a human pilot is loo

The networked Internet connects the world.

 The networked Internet connects the world.  The networked Internet makes it possible to get and analyze information with enormous speed. When we put something into the net, that's hard to remove. And that is the blessing and curse of that international network. The Internet transmits only information. Information is a virtual tool.  The data system can multiply data into billions of computers. Information, that robots and other systems get are the tools required. The information that the robot gets acts as a trigger. And that trigger launches some reaction that depends on what is stored in the system's memory blocks.  The information is a tool that controls the machines and other things connected to the Internet. The fact is that nothing is connected to the net. The net is the only platform that connects physical computers under one banner. The net is the thing that interconnects servers together. That makes it possible to create the cloud.  The cloud means a virtual supercomp

Russia shot down one of its Su-35S fighter-bombers.

   Russia shot down one of its Su-35S fighter-bombers.  Human error, or somebody who might jam the jet fighter's IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) system, can cause this kind of episode. So if we talk about human errors, we should ask what caused those errors. Or maybe someone forgot to drive the IFF codes to the computers that control the AA systems.  The jammer systems that deny the IFF system to transmit their codes to AA radars can cause situations where their air defense shoots aircraft down. Modern jet fighters and attack aircraft have only a couple of minutes or seconds to react when they see unknown, maybe hostile aircraft. If the aircraft comes closer to the headquarters would be an enemy attack aircraft, like the Ukrainian MiG-29 armed with "Storm Shadow" missiles, that aircraft could destroy the headquarters.  One version of how to break the stealth technology is to use the IFF systems as the target.  AA crew can aim antiradiation missiles at the IFF system. T