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U.S Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley salutes during a D-Day anniversary ceremony at the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France on Tuesday.

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The U.S.' top general reflects on the changing face of war, 79 years after D-Day

2:37pm June 06, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, marked the D-Day anniversary in Normandy this week. He spoke to NPR about the modernization of warfare and what AI might mean for the future.

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The U.S. Army's Autonomous Remote Engagement System is mounted on the Picatinny Lightweight Remote Weapon System and coupled with an M240B machine gun. It's part of a program that reduces the time to identify targets using automatic target detection and u

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Autonomous Weapons Would Take Warfare To A New Domain, Without Humans

8:17pm April 23, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

Former special operations agent Paul Scharre helped create U.S. military guidelines on autonomous weapons. His new book Army of None, looks at the advances in technology, and the questions they raise.

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An Army horse wears a gas mask to guard against German gas attacks.

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The Unsung Equestrian Heroes Of World War I And The Plot To Poison Them

6:28am April 06, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

April 6 marks 100 years since the U.S. entered World War I. Years before, the U.S. supported the effort by sending over thousands of horses — who were so important that Germans plotted to kill them.