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Sure, China’s Hypersonic Weapons May Have Incited a “Sputnik Moment”

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In the 1960s the United States and the Soviet Union both experimented with the technology. The Chinese have pushed the technology just as hard , and with far more funding. The Russians and the Chinese now have tactical missiles, ready for use, that can do quite a lot while packing nothing more powerful than high explosives.

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Will AI Steal Submarines’ Stealth?

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This timing is particularly significant because the enormous costs required to design and build a submarine are meant to be spread out over at least 60 years. Nuclear-powered submarines, such as the Virginia - class fast-attack submarine, each cost roughly US $2.8 For example, the Chinese Navy has invested in a fishlike.

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Perspective: Despite Solyndra’s death, the future of solar energy is sunny

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We’ve seen a considerable reduction in solar panel costs, but that is exactly why there is reason to be optimistic. With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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The South Korean government had established the institute in 1971 with financing from the United States Agency for International Development and had invited. Although South Korea has competed furiously with Taiwan in recent decades, its most formidable challenger in the future will likely be China, whose ambitious. Frederick E.

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The Chip Shortage, Giant Chips, and the Future of Moore’s Law

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Seeing RISC V as a possible path to independence in an increasingly polarized technology landscape, Chinese firms are particularly bullish on RISC V. lawmakers got the ball rolling on an effort to boost cutting edge chip making in the United States.

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Inside the Global Race to Tap Potent Offshore Wind

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The Biden administration has called for 15 GW of floating offshore wind capacity in the United States by 2035, and recent research suggests that the U.S. Ireland, South Korea, and Taiwan are among the other countries with bold floating wind ambitions. Hence the push for wind platforms that float.

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