The U.S and Russia – getting ready for future combat?

The U.S and Russia – getting ready for future combat?

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The U.S and Russia - getting ready for future combatAccording to recent reports, President Vladimir Putin is planning to deploy nuclear missiles and nuclear submarines.  There are also reports concerning Russia’s plans to use nuclear submarines as platforms for battle robots and underwater drones. For various years now, Russia has been modernizing its armies and systems across the board.

Washington, however, is also focused on new systems. The U.S. Air Force, according to Popular Science, is developing the top-secret Long Range Strike Bomber. This future aircraft will be among the platforms the White House could dispatch on missions to wipe out a target from the map with nuclear warheads.

While this bomber squadron operates with pilots on board the cockpit, plans are in consideration to reconfigure some of the units to act as drones. That means a future sortie will come that involves nuclear payloads and the attack will be launched and completed remotely.

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According to International Business Times Australia, while the Pentagon is enhancing its nuclear delivery system, it is also providing ground troops the equipment that makes them better warriors. Sometime in the future, American combat snipers will be firing off with a .50 caliber slug that makes use of laser and optical sensor technologies to zero in on a target with optimal precision.

The new bullet, according to The Daily Mail, has already passed the test stage, and is currently in the refinement phase. This means that the close-combat weapon could be ready for use soon.

In a video released by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the 4-inch self-guided bullet’s behavior was detailed following its departure from a sniper’s rifle. To accurately hit a mark, the bullet is programmed to follow the path of a laser-pointer then adjust accordingly as the target moves.