Geo-politics

Geo-politics

Able to shoot for as long as power is available, electric laser weapons are an answer to threats like simple rockets and swarming boats...

Northrop Grumman Corporation, the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and a team of international science organizations successfully flew a Northrop Grumman-produced NASA Global Hawk...

In 2010 and early 2011, a NASA spacecraft that made the most comprehensive survey to date of asteroids and comets, discovered more than 34,000...

The NSA paid RSA $10 million to ensure a vulnerable encryption algorithm was used by default in RSA's BSAFE toolkit, this according to a...

The Israeli Civilian Aviation Authority (RTA) gave aviation permits to two UAV operators. The permits are the first of their kind given in this...

Laser beam weapons have ignited the imagination of millions that watched movies in which these weapons were used. For many years scientists, mainly in...

Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of fabled AK-47 automatic rifle, died Monday, the office of the presidency in the Udmurtia region where he worked said....

Secret U.S. missile and electro-optics technology was transferred to China recently by Israel, prompting anger from the U.S. and causing a senior Israeli defense...

CyberSeal – a member of the Magal Group – offers a comprehensive solution for protecting security networks on all levels. In addition, the company...

Dual-purpose projects that can serve both defense and security across the EU will be the focus of some agencies from 2014. The European Commission and...

The Crisis management computing array, an emergency management facility, is one of Israel's largest building and C4I projects. The project took several years to...

High-security compounds have traditionally employed security guards to protect buildings and facilities, deter intrusions, and prevent theft, but as budget cuts continue to force...

The Israeli Army must be put in charge of operations during cyber-attack emergencies, and in order to do that the IDF must establish a...

Cameroon’s Navy has taken delivery of two new Spanish patrol boats and a landing craft, providing a major boost to the country in safeguarding...

Russia is upgrading its short-range Pantsir-S air defense systems with an improved capability to intercept unmanned aerial vehicles, a Defense Ministry spokesman said. “The modernization...

By Itamar Rabinovich The tide is changing in the Syrian civil war. Bashar al-Assad and his regime are gaining momentum, the opposition is weakening, and...

Residents of the Israeli kibbutz Mishmarot have seen many break-ins recently, like many of the towns in the region. Most homes have alarm systems...

DARPA’s Robotics Challenge (DRC) took place on December 20-21, pitting 17 teams against one another in a series of eight physical challenges. According to...

There is a growing worldwide opposition to the use of systems that scan car number plates. According to HLS News Wire, the Boston Police Department...

by Prof. Joshua Teitelbaum There is much speculation on a warming of relations, and even collaboration, between Saudi Arabia and Israel in the aftermath of...

Spetsnaz commando soldiers will reinforce the security guards in Russian embassies around the world. Following a nationalist attack at its embassy in Poland, Russia plans...

The London Metropolitan police want to use Tasers. This has created a lively debate about the use of this non-lethal weapon. One argument in favor...