The arms race continues in artificial intelligence.

The fact is this. Artificial intelligence is a computer program that automatizes certain actions in robots. And that makes it the next-generation tool for weapon systems. Artificial intelligence is computer code that can download to any system that can run those programs. The needed thing is the computer that can run the program code. 

The new pinpoint accurate missiles like "Switchblade" are bringing new and frightening tools into the field of the military. Those miniature cruise missiles are developed for the special forces. 

But when they turn more common. They will also deliver to the regular troops and non-military actors. The anti-personnel cruise missiles have been in use since 2011, and they can be used by the military but also by people like presidential security teams. The advancement of microchip technologies makes it possible that those small-size missiles or "Kamikaze-drones" can drive more complicated computer code than original systems. 

That means those new systems can have the next-generation IIR (Imaging Infrared) system that recognizes the faces of the target. The remote operators can operate "Kamikaze-drones". But those systems can search and attack enemies independently. They can also drop from aircraft or even from satellites. 

And the thing is that they are giving the fast-flying tactical aircraft the ability to kill individual people from the streets. Those small-size drones can also drop from other drones. So the Bayraktar or Predator drones can also drop those sub-drones to operational areas. 

The small-size drones can also destroy things like aircraft. If the drone detonates the cone of the aircraft it turns unable to operate. Artificial intelligence can also collect the data from the different types of systems into one entirety. The biggest threat in those artificial intelligence-operated drones is that they are in the wrong hands. They are devastating systems. 

If aircraft is equipped with AI. It can correct errors that the pilots are making. 

But it can also make many other things. It can adjust the ECM and another jammer system. Artificial intelligence can also make it possible that radars and radio communication tools can change their frequencies when they are under jamming. 

That system allows the connection of multiple weapon systems to one entirety. And it makes those systems frightening and deadly. 

The problem with weapon systems is that their purpose is to be frightening and deadly. And artificial intelligence is the next step in complicated battle-field control systems. Any military force cannot stay outside that kind of development. 

People are criticizing things like killer drones. But the thing is that those systems are effective. 

The only needed thing is the effectiveness in the world of the military. The success of the drones in the Ukrainian and other wars is making them popular systems. Those unmanned systems might not be very sportsmanlike. But their purpose is to make enemies stay away from borders. 

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The new type of logic bomb is turning physical.

   

 The new type of logic bomb is turning physical.

A logic bomb is a computer virus that destroys databases or entire systems. Those computer viruses can be activated by data or by giving some stealth command to the targeted system. That command might be some kind of ALT+255 type order that activates the virus code. 

The traditional logic bombs can slip into the systems in the updates. In some scenarios, that malicious code would be masked as the GPS signal or delivered between GPS packages. 

Or those logic bombs can be hidden in components. If it is remotely-activated malware code in the kernel of the microchip, that thing can cause very bad things. It can format the microchip. And without that thing the microchip is useless. 

But there is the possibility that the malware or logic bomb turns physical. In extreme cases, logic bombs or malware code slips in the nuclear enrichment plant. Or even nuclear reactors. In enrichment plants, the malicious code can simply accelerate centrifuge too high speed. If the rod of the centrifuge is too long that thing can cause a nuclear explosion. Especially, if the centrifuge is handling plutonium. Like it does in nuclear weapon production. 

If the speed of the centrifuge is too low in nuclear weapon production. That thing causes that there is a too low count of plutonium and the nuclear weapon doesn't explode. The centrifuge is used as the separator for uranium ore. The malware can force to shut down the nuclear reactors but that kind of software can cause the china syndrome where the nucleus of the reactor is melting. 

But the malicious software can also cause problems for producing things like fuels or explosives. There is the possibility that in the production process of explosives in the process slips too much nitric acid. And that turns it too hard. Or the malicious software would disturb the relationships in chemicals that are used for fuel. 

The new type of logic bomb is targeted to disturb the manufacturing process of the 3D-based printing technology. Those logic bombs can also disturb all work that is made by using automatized assembly lines. If there is a discontinuity in welds. 

Or internal structure in the 3D-printed machine parts like turbine wings that thing can be destructive. There are many points in the physical part's production processes where the logic bombs can affect. 

https://scitechdaily.com/new-cyber-protections-against-stealthy-logic-bombs-targeting-3d-printed-drones-prostheses-and-medical-devices/

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