The Military Stories for 2017

Neuro, Cyber, Slaughter: Emerging Technological Threats In 2017 38
Resuming Its Annual PR Mission, NORAD Tracks Santa Claus 82
Project Maven Brings AI To the Fight Against ISIS 35
The US Military Admits It Spent $22 Million Investigating UFOs 166
China Will Spend $3.3 Billion to Research Molten Salt Nuclear-Powered Drones 194
Trump Signs Law Forcing Drone Users To Register With Government 468
The US Is Testing a Microwave Weapon To Stop North Korea's Missiles 217
Russia Says It Will Ignore Any UN Ban of Killer Robots 132
After Two Months of Quiet, North Korea Launches Another Ballistic Missile 245
FBI Failed To Notify 70+ US Officials Targeted By Russian Hackers 94
Musk-Backed 'Slaughterbots' Video Will Warn the UN About Killer Microdrones 252
'Robots Are Not Taking Over,' Says Head of UN Body of Autonomous Weapons 77
Massive US Military Social Media Spying Archive Left Wide Open In AWS S3 Buckets 85
China Builds World's Fastest Hypersonic Wind Tunnel To Simulate Flight At 27,000 MPH 63
Russia Posts Video Game Screenshot As 'Irrefutable Proof' of US Helping IS 132
North Korean Hackers Are Targeting US Defense Contractors 146
Lockheed Martin To Build High-Energy Airborne Laser For Fighter Planes 80
Should Private Companies Be Allowed To Hit Back At Hackers? 141
The Fourth US Navy Collision of the Year Was Ultimately Caused By UI Confusion 220
Thousands of Videogame-Playing Soldiers Could Shape the Future of War 216
America's F-35s Can't Fly 22% of the Time, Repair Facilities Six Years Behind Schedule 304
US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers On 24-Hour Alert 578
SpaceX's Reusable Rockets Win US Air Force General's Endorsement 70
Pentagon Turns To High-Speed Traders To Fortify Markets Against Cyberattack 78
US Weapons Data Stolen During Raid of Australian Defense Contractor's Computers 78
Russian Defense Company Demos A One-Person Flying Car 95
Air Force Gives 10-Year-Old Orbiting Satellite To Ham Radio Operators 74
Civilian Drone Crashes Into a US Army Helicopter 270
Navy Plans To Use Xbox 360 Controllers For New Periscope Systems Aboard Its Submarines 121
Mystery of Sonic Weapon Attacks At US Embassy In Cuba Deepens 215
SpaceX Rocket Launches X-37B Space Plane On Secret Mission, Aces Landing 93
Thousands of Job Applicants Citing Top Secret US Government Work Exposed In Amazon Server Data Breach 115
60,000 Germans Evacuate While Officials Try To Defuse a WWII Bomb 154
Japan Activated Air Raid Sirens During North Korea's Missile Test Monday 116
Converted Missile Launches Military Satellite to Track Spacecraft 39
Fourth US Navy Collision This Year Raises Suspicion of Cyber-Attacks 397
Elon Musk Backs Call For A Global Ban On Killer Robots 214
A Global Fish War is Coming, Warns US Coast Guard 192
Paul Allen Finds Long-Lost World War II Cruiser, the USS Indianapolis 131
US Military To Create Separate Unified Cyber Warfare Command 56
Guam Radio Stations Accidentally Conduct Emergency Alert Amid North Korea Threat 50
US Army Walks Back Decision To Ban DJI Drones Ever So Slightly 27
Military Tech Could Be Amazon's Secret To Cheap, Non-Refrigerated Food 80
North Korea Now Making Missile-Ready Nuclear Weapons, US Analysts Say 338
A US Spy Plane Has Been Flying Circles Over Seattle For Days 232
US Army Calls Halt On Use of Chinese-Made Drones By DJI 45
Donald Trump Says US Military Will Not Allow Transgender People To Serve 904
US Defense Budget May Help Fund 'Hacking For Defense' Classes At Universities 34
Sweden Accidentally Leaks Personal Details of Nearly All Citizens 241
Top US General Warns Against Rogue Killer Robots 164
The US Army Wants Distributed Bot Swarms And An 'Internet of Battlefield Things' 90
The US And Australia Are Testing Hypersonic Missiles 100
Navy Unveils First Active Laser Weapon In Persian Gulf 370
US To Create the Independent US Cyber Command, Split Off From NSA 104
Congressmen Propose a New Military Branch: The 'US Space Corps' 228
The Pentagon Says It Will Start Encrypting Soldiers' Emails Next Year 63
Britain's Newest Warship Runs Windows XP, Raising Cyber Attack Fears 302
Pentagon Cyberweapons 'Disappointing' Against ISIS 118
Air Force Budget Reveals How Much SpaceX Undercuts Launch Prices 97
DARPA Funds Development of New Type of Processor 84
SpaceX Will Launch Secretive X-37B Spaceplane's Next Mission 83
Conch Shells Inspire Next Generation Helmets, Body Armor 44
US Interceptor Missile Successfully Intercepts Test ICBM, Says Pentagon 136
Proposed Active-Defense Bill Would Allow Destruction of Data, Use of Beacon Tech 69
Boeing Will Make the Military's New Hypersonic Spaceplane 91
How the Lights Have Gone Out For the People of Syria 126
NYU Accidentally Exposed Military Code-breaking Computer Project To Entire Internet 75
Did A Billionaire Harvest Big Data From Facebook To 'Hijack' Democracy? 452
After Almost Two Years, The Air Force's Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Lands 116
Should The Government Pay For Veterans To Attend Code Schools? 168
Some Of The Pentagon's Critical Infrastructure Still Runs Windows 95 And 98 152
Navy, Marines Prohibit Sharing Nude Photos In Wake of a Facebook Scandal 132
North Korea Parades Hybrid 'Frankenmissile', Then Fails Yet Another Missile Launch Test 296
US Navy Bans Vaping On Ships 230
Air Force Converts F-16 Jets Into Wingman Drones 152
Glowing Bacteria Detect Buried Landmines 37
Electric Vertical Take-Off Aircraft Successfully Tested By DARPA 86
US Strikes Syrian Base With Over 50 Tomahawk Missiles 755
Five US Navy SEAL Units Are Now Testing Brain-Zappers 120
Connecticut May Become First US State To Allow Deadly Police Drones 83
Massive Ukraine Munitions Blasts May Have Been Caused By a Drone 102
The US Army Finally Gets The World's Largest Laser Weapon System 130
Physicist Declassifies Rescued Nuclear Test Films 62
US Army Unveils 3D-Printed Grenade Launcher Called RAMBO 82
The US Waged A Secret Cyber War Against North Korean Missiles 233
Congressional Candidate Brianna Wu Claims Moon-Colonizing Companies Could Destroy Cities By Dropping Rocks 642
The US Department Of Defense Announces An Open Source Code Repository 58
The Only Thing, Historically, That's Curbed Inequality: Catastrophe 516
Michael Flynn Resigns As Trump's National Security Adviser 895
Lockheed Martin Screwup Delays Delivery of Air Force GPS Satellites 68
US Navy Decommissions the First Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier 203
16 Years of GPS Space Weather Data Made Publicly Available 52
iPhone 7 Ousts Samsung Galaxy Note 4 As 'Device of Choice' For UK Defense Officials 55
Army Bug Bounty Researcher Compromises US Defense Department's Internal Network 49
ISIS Is Dropping Bombs With Drones In Iraq 199
Hamas 'Honey Trap' Dupes Israeli Soldiers 109
Pentagon Successfully Tests Micro-Drone Swarm 113
US Military Seeks Biodegradable Bullets That Sprout Plants 285
Chile's Goverment Announces Unexplainable 'UFO' Footage 124