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Kill an enemy in six months with a humanoid....

We are no longer watching sci-fi. We are living it.
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has officially launched the "Army of Robots" initiative—setting an unprecedented benchmark: a humanoid robot must record its first battlefield kill within 6 months.
The goal? Complete front-line robotization:
🤖 $10,000 unit targets to replace infantry in the deadliest zones.
🤖 12-month goal: Full joint assault operations run entirely by autonomous air drones and ground bots without human foot soldiers.
🤖 Why humanoids? To instantly operate legacy infantry weapons, trench systems, and gear without redesigning the entire arsenal.

https://t.co/q6P6krFbVH

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Drones escorting tanks

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Operation Vivaldi ran on unmanned systems.

Ukraine��s 3rd Army Corps air-dropped kamikaze ground robots more than ten kilometres behind Russian lines with heavy Hryphon bombers, the first time that tactic was used in combat. Converted BTR-60s became robotic kamikazes that smashed the strongest fortifications at Nove; other UGVs armed with grenade launchers entered shelters and detonated.

Robots flew 15,700 missions, drones flew 36,000 strike sorties, an electronic-warfare dome disrupted tens of thousands of Russian flights, and Rubicon’s elite drone unit was forced off the axis. The third season added 51 square kilometres and more than 250 prisoners.

It is the first corps-scale offensive in which machines led the assault instead of merely supporting it. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons just opened a new chapter in how wars are fought.

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Ukraine is building SPECTR. It is an AI system that reads battlefield data, spots patterns, suggests battle plans, and tries to guess Russia’s next move. Combat units are already testing it. Officials call it an operating system for war.

Just a reminder, not long ago not a history yet.

In February 2026 a US missile hit an Iranian elementary school in Minab. More than 100 children died. The building used to sit on a military compound. Databases still treated it as a military target. Public photos, a school website, and satellite images of a playground were already out there. An analyst even wrote that it had become a school — in a system that was not linked to the targeting list. AI tools helped speed the strike process. They did not fix the stale label. They made the wrong building easier to hit, faster.

Speed is not the same as being right.

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Ukraine is taking drone warfare to a terrifying new level, deploying heavy "Baba Yaga" bomber drones to air-drop autonomous, explosive ground robots deep behind Russian lines. In a secret operation, these tracked ground drones—armed with massive warheads—were transported miles past the front line before being released to detonate high-value enemy targets from the ground up.

By fusing heavy aerial lift with land-based kamikaze strike bots, Ukraine is pioneering a multi-domain robotic assault that turns enemy rear zones into an immediate, high-precision battleground without putting a single human pilot or soldier at risk.
Source: Multiple.

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New satellite imagery reveals that China appears to be constructing the world’s first dedicated mothership for giant uncrewed underwater vehicles (XXLUUVs) at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai. Measuring around 200 meters long, the newly painted vessel features a massive internal hangar and a specialized well-deck cradle with vertical lifting arms designed to carry, deploy, and recover massive 35-to-45-meter autonomous drone submersibles out at sea. 

By serving as a mobile forward base and tender, this first-of-its-kind platform solves the core logistical challenge of autonomous undersea warfare: range and endurance. Rather than draining their own battery reserves on long transits from coastal ports, China’s massive robotic submarines can now be ferried directly into deep waters—significantly expanding the People's Liberation Army Navy’s power projection and surveillance reach across the Indo-Pacific. (Source The War Zone)

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British Excalibur uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) has fired a U.S. Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo in what is said to be a first-of-its-kind test for both countries

Source: TWZ, Video AI Generated

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The U.S. Army tested a drone that launches other drones in midair, part of a bigger exercise against swarms of up to 100 aircraft at once.

Source: Defence Blog

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Australia's defense minister has confirmed that F-35 Lightning II parts meant for Lockheed Martin were mistakenly diverted to Hong Kong and that no sensitive components were involved.

The Pentagon confirmed the disappearance of some components, and says it's working with US authorities to retrieve the parts and prevent a repeat.

It's unclear why the shipment, handled by a third-party carrier, was rerouted.

US does not sell F35 s to Türkiye for S300 deal but sends parts to China via Hong Kong

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Information delivered to him and he did not act. This very important issue did not take attention it deserved.

Why? Maybe he already knew.

Second line of speculation...

Why does an armed group launch an attack?

A military action should have a clear purposes. Solid or intangible. It may aim to capture a place, destroy an important target, cut communication or supply lines, weaken the enemy’s morale, or support a larger goal.

If it achieves none, and brings no benefit to the attacker, but gives leverage to opponent, it is more than a useless act and a serious mistake. How can one take such a decision. If it harms the attacker but helps the enemy. Is the group may manipulated into acting against its own interests. Who manupulated? Or are they simply ignorant?

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How one should rely on AI

Sources connected to the US military recently told CNN that the US nearly moved to intercept a Chinese vessel in the Middle East this spring based on false intel from an AI-assisted report. The report was based on an inaccurate chatbot response that identified the ship as carrying materials for a nuclear weapons program.

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Two Tomahawk missiles struck the Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, southern Iran, resulting in the deaths of over 150 people, including approximately 120 to 123 children.
An internal Pentagon review found preventable failures in the AI system that recommended the school as a target, highlighting the dangers of increasingly automated warfare.
Washington has denied responsibility for the attack, while the UN concluded that the U.S. failed to verify the target as a legitimate military objective, characterizing the conduct as reckless.

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This is historic

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💥🌊BREAKING: The first naval battle in history between two unmanned surface vessels has taken place in the Black Sea.

A Ukrainian Navy Sargan 3000 USV, armed with a 12.7 mm Protector RWS, engaged and destroyed a Russian naval drone.

The engagement marks the first known combat between two uncrewed naval vessels at sea.

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Why did this happen? 1. Greece dis not pay enough 2. Greece did not care because did not have enough engineers to alter source codes in Greek interests 3. Israel wanted to control everything from Tel Aviv and refused to deliver like France refused India https://t.co/HfH39C0wOG

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China is moving humanoid robots from stadiums to the battlefield.

Beijing is accelerating research into humanoid “combatants,” though no armed units are deployed with the PLA yet.

• Chinese firms shipped ~95% of global humanoids in 2025 (BofA) • PLA Daily: move lab tech onto military training grounds

• NUDT (Aug 2025): urban assault model with 6 combat robots (humanoids + dogs + UGVs) clearing buildings floor-by-floor • Norinco marketing Fuxi for sentry, recon, patrol (teleoperated)

• Reliability + battery still the bottleneck; ASPI’s Malcolm Davis: “in 5–10 years they could very well be” practical
• US Army is running its own militarized-humanoid competition (up to $1.25M for finalists)

No armed humanoid in an operational PLA unit today. The industrial base is already there.

Source: Reuters, 7 Sep 2026

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An article worth to read

https://t.co/Ij1P6pqmWl

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A practice deserves to be spread to all countries

[Harsh Goenka @hvgoenka]

China is putting scientists on giant screens in public places.
In India, our hoardings are dominated by politicians and film stars.
What we celebrate shapes what our children aspire to become. Why not put our scientists, teachers, doctors, innovators and nation-builders up there?

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THE FIRST POINT MAN WON’T BE HUMAN.

New US walking platform pops its back, dumps a 10+ drone swarm in seconds, then fires its own munition. No soldier takes the first 200–300 meters.

China’s already pairing robot dogs + humanoids with drones. Ukraine proved the cheap version. The race is on for who owns the first 300 meters.

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Why is Turkey avoiding a military response after Israel’s strike on Abu al-Duhur airbase in Syria? Despite Ankara’s fierce rhetoric, Turkey fears a direct clash due to Israel’s overwhelming, advanced military capabilities. Here is why. (1/6)

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Part 2/2:
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Saudi struck Houthi targets in Hodeida (Yemen) on July 24. Houthis retaliated with missile/drone salvos hitting

Aramco in Jazan + other sites, causing fires/smoke. Houthis threaten more port & oil attacks.

Iran-orchestrated pressure amid broader conflicts; Houthis aim to close shipping routes & exploit Saudi vulnerabilities. Risks reigniting full Yemen war & higher oil prices.