GoKawiil - Tech News

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Could Laser Fusion Tech Be Used to Shoot Down Missiles and Drones? (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-10 | tags: laser fusion, rtx, xcimer

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Andreessen- and Thiel-backed defense startup opens U.S. missile factory as it exits stealth (cnbc.com)

2026-09-09 | by Samantha Subin | tags: covenant, anthem missile, andreessen horowitz

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The American Worker vs. the Most Qualified (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-02 | get Who The A Method for Hiring book → | tags: palmer luckey, paul graham, army missile

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Space Force Pulls Weapons on Innocent People They Thought Were Intruders (futurism.com)

2026-08-20 | by Frank Landymore | tags: space force, vandenberg, missile operators

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Ukraine Strikes Rocket Factory Critical to Russia’s Space Program (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: ukraine, roscosmos, rocket factory

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Ukraine Finds Nvidia AI Chip In New Russian Missile (slashdot.org)

2026-08-14 | tags: nvidia, ai chip, ukraine

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In 1962, Egypt's Missile Program Lost Its Key Scientist Without a Trace (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-12 | by Zita Ballinger Fletcher | tags: egypt, missile program, heinz krug

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Mykhailo Fedorov reveals struggle to secure Patriot missiles and Western support (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: defense, defense minister, fedorov

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Civilian plane crash in New Mexico tied to military GPS blocking (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | by Jeff Wise | tags: gps jamming, beechcraft king air, white sands missile range

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A Civilian Plane Crashed in New Mexico. Was the Military’s Tech to Blame? (wired.com)

2026-07-30 | by Jeff Wise | tags: beechcraft king air, white sands missile range, gps jamming

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IRGC claims it destroyed Amazon's Bahrain data center (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-24 | by July | tags: amazon web services, irgc, bahrain data center

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The experience economy is heading into . . . a nuclear missile silo? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-22 | tags: atomika, burning man, area 51

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The Pentagon's Space Development Agency hasn't moved as fast as anyone would like (arstechnica.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: space development agency, us military space systems, pwsa missile constellation

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After ceasefire collapse, U.S. expands attacks on Iranian infrastructure to gain control of the Strait of Hormuz (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-17 | tags: u.s., iran, strait of hormuz

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An Explosion Knocked Out Anduril’s Rocket Motor Test Site in Mississippi (wired.com)

2026-07-01 | by Paresh Dave | get Rocket Motor Test Kit → | tags: anduril, missile propulsion, rocket motor

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Think tank games out how to respond to disaster scenarios in space warfare (arstechnica.com)

2026-06-29 | tags: space force, missile-warning satellites, space warfare

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Opinion | A Hypersonic Missile on a Beer Budget (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-06-12 | tags: hypersonic missile, castelion, u.s. defense

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The American Missile Crisis (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | tags: missile crisis, us munitions, solid-rocket motor

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Trump Shovels $4 Billion Directly to Elon Musk, Who Spent a Fortune Getting Him Elected (futurism.com)

2026-06-01 | by Victor Tangermann | get Tesla Model 3 → | tags: spacex, elon musk, us space force

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Pentagon Says US Military Personnel Targeted Using Commercial Location Data (slashdot.org)

2026-05-31 | by Posted | get GPS Tracking Device → | tags: google location data, u.s. central command, iranian military

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SpaceX lands a $4 billion contract to help build Trump's Golden Dome (engadget.com)

2026-05-30 | by Jackson Chen | tags: spacex, golden dome, space force

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SpaceX gets $4 billion contract to build missile-tracking ‘Golden Dome’ satellites (theverge.com)

2026-05-29 | by Emma Roth | get Satellite Tracking Antennas → | tags: spacex, golden dome, missile-tracking satellites

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Qian Xuesen: The missile genius America lost and China gained (2025) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-20 | get Qian Xuesen Biography Book → | tags: qian xuesen, missile technology, china

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Army Asks Missile Makers to Hack Their Own Weapons (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-05 | tags: army, missile makers, defense contractors

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Pentagon budget reveals it's pursuing containerized 300kW+ laser weapons, ambitious Joint Laser Weapon System designed to shoot down cruise missiles — system part of $17.9 billion Golden Dome missile-defense initiative (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-01 | by Etiido Uko | tags: joint laser weapon system, golden dome missile-defense, high-energy laser

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The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forgetting how to code (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-26 | by Denis Stetskov | get Coding for Beginners Kit → | tags: raytheon, stinger missile, paris air show

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The Military Rockets That Launched the Space Age (2023) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-25 | get NASA Space Rocket Model → | tags: v-2 missile, nasa, white sands

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U.S. attacks and seizes Iranian ship in Strait of Hormuz, throwing a ceasefire into question (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-20 | get Maritime GPS Navigation System → | tags: u.s. navy, iranian ship, strait of hormuz

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Trump Hires Orbital Towing Company to Build Space Interceptors (futurism.com)

2026-04-11 | by Joe Wilkins | get Orbital Towing Space Kit → | tags: spacex, impulse space, anduril industries

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Nowhere is safe (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | get Cybersecurity Home Kit → | tags: drone warfare, patriot missile system, thaad missile defense