December, 2021 - Ravenswood Inc

US satellite could detect Chinese hypersonic missiles, but could it stop them?

December 26, 2021 Ian Murphy Comments Off

Prototype for satellite that will help US track hypersonic threats reportedly passes design review, clearing the way for it to be built Hypersonic weapons’ trajectory makes their destination difficult for anti-missile systems to calculate The […]

Kamikaze drones: A new weapon brings power and peril to the U.S. military

December 26, 2021 Ian Murphy Comments Off

Some experts believe the spread of low-cost, light-weight “killer” drones will change ground warfare as profoundly as the machine gun did. DUGWAY PROVING GROUND, Utah — The killer drone whooshed out of its launch tube, […]

Advanced Chinese electromagnetic pulse weapon takes down unmanned aircraft within first known field test of technology

September 20, 2022 Comments Off

– Chinese scientists have tested a powerful electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon– The experiment saw a large aircraft brought down while flying at 4,920 feet– It is China’s first publicly recorded test of EMP weapon in […]

British ‘Dragonfire’ laser weapon passes early trials

August 22, 2022 Comments Off

Dragonfire, the UK’s Laser Directed Energy Programme (LDEW) led by MBDA, has successfully begun a series of trials to prove the accuracy and power of the novel laser weapon. MBDA says here that the first […]

British surveillance aircraft ignores Russian warnings

August 21, 2022 Comments Off

Russia reportedly warned Britain against a planned surveillance flight near Russian territory, saying its air force had been given orders to prevent an intrusion. The flight went ahead as planned. This comes not long after […]

Spyware Scandals Are Ripping Through Europe

August 18, 2022 Comments Off

The latest crisis that rocked the Greek government shows the bloc’s surveillance problem goes beyond the notorious NSO Group. THE TEXT MESSAGE that dragged Thanasis Koukakis into what’s being called Europe’s Watergate scandal was so […]

British surveillance aircraft sorties triple since New Year

August 16, 2022 Comments Off

Figures obtained by a Freedom of Information request show the number of sorties by British RC-135 Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft go from 6 per month in December to a peak of 18 per month when […]

Chinese ‘spy ship’ Yuan Wang 5 docks in Sri Lanka despite Indian concern

August 16, 2022 Comments Off

A Chinese research ship has docked in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port despite Indian concerns. Chinese ‘spy ship’ Yuan Wang 5 docks in Sri Lanka despite Indian concern A Chinese research ship has docked in Sri […]

The lost nuclear bombs that no one can find

August 5, 2022 Comments Off

The US has lost at least three nuclear bombs that have never been located – they’re still out there to this day. How did this happen? Where could they be? And will we ever find […]

Ayman al-Zawahiri: How US strike could kill al-Qaeda leader – but not his family

August 4, 2022 Comments Off

Just over an hour after sunrise on 31 July, long-time al-Qaeda boss Ayman al-Zawahiri walked out onto the balcony of a downtown Kabul compound – reportedly a favorite post-prayer activity of the veteran Egyptian jihadist. […]