A Ukrainian naval drone armed with a machine gun destroyed a Russian explosive drone boat in the Black Sea on September 12, marking the first documented clash between unmanned surface vessels. The Ukrainian Sargan-3000 intercepted and sank the Russian Orcan drone after disabling its communications system.
A collection of academic publications on regality theory and cultural selection theory exploring how societies develop authoritarian or egalitarian structures based on war and peace conditions. The research uses evolutionary psychology and statistical analysis of cross-cultural data to demonstrate that collective dangers drive support for strong leadership and strict discipline, while peace promotes egalitarianism and tolerance.
Airmash is an HTML5-based multiplayer game featuring missile warfare gameplay. The project launched version 1.0.0 on September 15, 2026, and includes features like leaderboards, regional servers, and player profiles.
A Ukrainian grandmother disabled a Russian fiber-optic FPV drone by removing its thread spool after it landed, rendering it inoperable. The incident highlights civilian involvement in Ukraine's defense against Russian forces.
On June 13, 2025, Israel used AI-guided drones to disable Iran's air defenses in a coordinated strike, while Ukraine had similarly employed AI-trained drones to strike Russian bombers in Siberia. These incidents exemplify how AI-enabled drone technology is reshaping warfare and international politics, potentially weakening state control over territory and empowering non-state actors to conduct destabilizing attacks on distant infrastructure.
Russia used an AI-powered autonomous drone to strike a gas station in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killing three civilians including an 18-year-old student. Both Russia and Ukraine are developing battlefield management systems that integrate AI-driven drones with artillery and reconnaissance to compress kill chains, though both claim to maintain human decision-making authority.
This historiographical essay examines how Anglo-American strategists from 1950 onward reinterpreted Clausewitz's On War through three distinct intellectual schools—strategic holism, atomism, and relativism—reflecting a fundamental shift in how strategy evolved from a military practice into an abstract theoretical framework for policymakers and civilian experts.