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ONR developing offensive autonomous swarming capability for unmanned surface vehicles; adapting JPL’s CARACaS

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In a 2008 brief on CARACaS, JPL engineers noted that the software was potentially applicable to diverse robotic systems that could include aircraft, spacecraft, ground vehicles, surface water vessels, and/or underwater vessels.

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Opinion: The Saudi Oil Price War Is Backfiring

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Thanks to its generous public spending and a costly war against Yemen, one of the major worries for Saudi Arabia is that it is burning through its foreign reserves at an alarming pace. According to the IMF, Saudi Arabia’s fiscal deficit could rise to around $140 billion by this year end.

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NATO’s Emergency Plan for an Orbital Backup Internet

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On 18 February 2024, a missile attack from the Houthi militants in Yemen hit the cargo ship Rubymar in the Red Sea. Data transmissions had to be rerouted as system engineers realized the cables had been damaged. Before it went down, the ship dragged its anchor behind it over an estimated 70 kilometers.

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Opinion: Saudi Oil Strategy: Brilliant Or Suicide?

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They are fighting a multi-front war with Iran directly (in Yemen) and indirectly (in Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq). Saudi Arabia Caused The Problem, Can It Engineer A Solution? And if they can’t—and surely, though they are loath to admit it, they can’t—can they engineer a durable increase in prices—i.e.,