Chinese new submarine-drone mothership emerges, challenging Western navies.

The image of the Chinese UUV (Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle) mothership. From about a month ago. 

“Large long-range UUVs can be used for many tasks, from mapping the sea floor to hunting submarines and ships to searching for mines to launching cruise missiles and drones to being turned into immensely destructive weapons in their own right that can circumvent traditional strategic defenses. For China, providing a credible threat to America’s outposts deep in the Pacific and even the U.S. seaboard would be on the table.”( TWZ)

The Chinese UUV (Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle) drone mothership is impressive but not as impressive as it could be. The system involves six elevators. That. Allows it to send drones. Into. Underwater missions. Those drones can be delivered from hatches at the bottom of the ship. It’s possible. to use that ship as a platform for testing undercover UUV motherships. Those new motherships can seem like regular merchant ships. They could deliver their drones underwater. 

“The new image was taken in Guangzhou, and the vessel has a near-identical shape, but with smaller proportions and minor changes to its overall moldline, compared to the larger one in Shanghai. This new vessel appears to be about a third smaller overall than its counterpart. The lift towers number six in total. Instead. Of six larger ones. And. Six smaller ones. On the Shanghai vessel. Regardless, the major design features are all there, including the flight deck and hangar behind the forward superstructure, the location of the smokestacks, and so on.” (TWZ)

Larger drones can carry smaller drones. 

The big question is. Why are those six towers fitted in that vehicle? Lift engines can be fitted in its structure without those towers.  Are that vessel’s sea drones vertically in those tubes? And so they are delivered to the bottom of the ship. That ship can carry the computer center to coordinate drone swarms in and below the air. 

Could those six towers be rather?  Flettner-rotors for extra power? Than elevator towers? Those Flettner turbines that use the so-called Magnus effect to create extra energy. That increases the ship's operational time. The fact is that. The Flettner rotors can also act as smokestacks. And if those towers give extra energy. That allows the ship to provide an electric supply also for larger sea drones. 

If. Those towers are Flettner turbines. Or some. Kind of ventilators for a heat exchanger that could tell. That maybe. Those ships can carry laser weapons. If they are heat exchangers. That means that ship can carry an extremely effective data center. Data centers need heat exchangers to control temperature. But in the same way. Things. Like directed energy weapons. Require systems to control their heat. They also need lots of electricity. So. The Flettner turbines can provide a solution for electricity. And the heat problems. The mothership also needs electricity for its drones. 

“The larger but very similar in configuration UUV mothership that has now been launched in Shanghai. (Chinese Internet)” (TWZ)

Chinese submarine-drone mothership is an interesting tool. That large drone carrier could have six VAWTs (Vertical Axis Wind Turbines). In.  That system is called Flettner rotors, or Flettner turbines. Those rotors provide electric power for the drones. And computers. That the drone carrier involves.  

This new drone carrier carries computers. That. Support drones in their long-range operations. Those Flettner rotors can also create electricity for the electrolysis systems. Those systems can make hydrogen for fuel cells. Those fuel cells can provide power. For. Small drones that use electric engines. 

By the way.  Flettner turbines can provide power to ships' electric engines. But that system can use electrolysis systems. And those systems can create hydrogen. And. Ships can also use that hydrogen in their turbines. When. Ships must travel fast. The big drone motherships can also involve 3D printer systems. Those systems could offer spare parts. To. Ships,  aircraft, and drones. 

Underwater versions. Of wind generators and Flettner turbines can provide electricity even for large-sized remote installations. Those systems use water flows. In the sea to make electricity. But they are similar. To. Regular wind generators. The big difference between those systems and nuclear power is that the green energy doesn´t involve radioactive components. 

Those systems are hard to turn against owners. When. Some small nuclear reactors are on a remote island. There is always a possibility that somebody tries to steal radioactive materials. In the same way. 

“03 September 2025, China, Beijing: HSU100 uncrewed underwater drones ride along on military transporters at Tiananmen Square in Beijing during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Photo: Johannes Neudecker/picture alliance via Getty Images/ picture alliance.” (TWZ)

RTGs (Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators) are excellent as drone power sources. But the problem is that. What if somebody captures a drone? That RTG involves highly radioactive material. And in the wrong hands, that material is very dangerous. The small sea drone can carry heavy bazookas. Older systems can penetrate 560 mm armoured steel. They can damage even large warships. 

The new green electric systems are interesting. They can provide small drones with similar operational time. As. Nuclear reactors do. When a small seadrone patrols, it can use the green energy source like a Flettner turbine. When. The drone comes near the target. It can release another drone that can use hydrogen fuel cells. Submarine drones can use a standing tube. The capillary effect pulls water upward. At the same time, it will spin the turbogenerator. That electricity can power small submarines. 

The fact is that. A small drone can be very dangerous. Those drones can act as pathfinders. Damage radars and naval communication systems. Those systems can also try to damage fighters, other drones, and helicopters. Their mission is to open a path for a follow-up strike. That main attack is done. They use more expensive cruise missiles and hypersonic systems. The sea drones can use those smaller drones to mark targets for hypersonic missiles and other tools. 

https://www.twz.com/sea/second-chinese-submarine-drone-mothership-emerges

https://smartservo.org/magnus-vawt-implement-en/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flettner_rotor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_effect

Can dark matter be? A recoil effect?

“Dark matter is an invisible form of matter believed to account for about 85% of all matter in the universe. Although it doesn't emit, absorb, or reflect light, its gravitational influence helps hold galaxies together and shapes the cosmos's large-scale structure. Credit: SciTechDaily.com.”(ScitechDaily, Scientists Discover 3 Strange Quantum Materials That Could Finally Reveal Dark Matter)

The problem with dark matter is this. The only known interaction between dark and visible matter is gravity. This is why dark matter's gravity is so strange. Dark matter should be called a dark gravitational effect. There is suspicion. That a mysterious WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive Particle) that nobody has seen yet could be a dark matter particle. The form of dark matter is interesting. Because. Dark matter is the second most dominant thing in the universe. It is 85% of the universe’s matter. This means that most of the universe is dark. Another explanation is that Dark matter is like matter as we know it. 

But the distance between elementary particles is longer than in visible matter. This means. Dark matter is somehow “fuzzy”. This causes an effect. That photons travel through it. Or, in the opposite possibility. Dark matter stretches photons. Which. Makes them travel around the particle. The WIMP particles travel through photons. If. That WIMP particle exists. WIMP may be a so-called virtual particle. 

That means. Dark matter can be a so-called recoil effect. When. Particles leave from some object. They send energy backward. The energy that sends a particle or object determines the recoil.  When we kick a ball, the ball transfers the same energy to the leg. The leg transfers it into the ball. 

Recoil (often called knockback, kickback, or simply kick) is the rearward thrust generated when a gun is being discharged. In technical terms, the recoil is a result of conservation of momentum, for according to Newton's third law, the force required to accelerate something will evoke an equal but opposite reactional force, which means the forward momentum gained by the projectile and exhaust gases (ejecta) will be mathematically balanced out by an equal and opposite impulse exerted back upon the gun.” (Wikipedia, Recoil) The recoil effect is the thing. That propels the rocket forward. 

All. Particles. Including photons, have recoil. And that effect causes thrust. When. A particle leaves a star. It. Pushes. The same energy back to the star. That kicks it into space. That means particles that leave a galaxy send energy back to the galaxy. Same way.  Particles that leave the universe kick energy back to the universe. So could that thing explain dark energy and dark matter? This means that when particles separate from things like a galactic halo. It sends. An energy impulse or recoil back. That energy can travel. At. Last to the galaxy center. But in cases like galaxy clusters, the recoil of escaping particles will be aimed symmetrically at the center. 

Of. The cluster. There, that energy jumps backward. That reflection causes another recoil in the center of the formation. When. We think about the universe-size model. Particles that escape from the universe send a recoil effect backward. That recoil pushes plasma around the universe. Back. And maybe. That recoil prevents the universe from evaporating. So could that answer be so simple? Did some astronomer? Just forget the recoil effect? 

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-discover-3-strange-quantum-materials-that-could-finally-reveal-dark-matter/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_energy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_matter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recoil

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weakly_interacting_massive_particle

Researchers trapped and controlled a single antimatter particle over months.

Researchers trapped a single antimatter particle for months. They controlled its quantum states. They used a magnetic chamber and laser beams. For. That purpose. This is a great step for antimatter research. It could also be a big step toward the dream of conquering the entire solar system. Antimatter is the most reactive thing in the universe. It is the most powerful energy source that we know. Antimatter can be a tool. That allows secure data transportation. Information is stored in the positron (anti-electron). And when the system reads that data. it destroys the positron. 

Another version. It is used. The gamma rays that result from the annihilation reaction. Those gamma rays. could also be used for data transportation. They could transport information through the walls. The gamma-ray data transmission. Is based on the gamma rays and a gamma sensor that measures gamma-ray impacts. This technology could be as fundamental as 

When. We begin to create new technology. We must start the process. With baby steps. If. Something fails in the system. That causes a very high-energy explosion. 

At CERN reseachers stored and moved 92 antiprotons 8 kilometers, traveling at 40 km/h. Those antiprotons were trapped in a magnetic chamber. That chamber weighed about 1000 kg. And its. Temperature decreased to -268 degrees Celsius. This removed vibrations from the magnetic chamber. That decreases. The possibility that antimatter touches the chamber’s wall. If. Antimatter touches the chamber’s wall. Or it touchesit’s mirror particle. That causes annihilation. 

Antimatter is the most expensive thing that we can imagine. Antimatter is a useful tool for rocket fuel. In antimatter rockets. Antimatter will be injected into the rocket engine. Annihilation forms energy. And it can heat the propellant. But antimatter is one of the most useful tools. To create gamma photons. When an anti-electron (positron) hits an electron. 

An annihilation reaction sends gamma rays at a 180-degree angle. That reaction can be used. To send high-precision, high-energy photon impulses into the atom’s core. That thing can open new views into atoms. Those high-precision gamma rays can open new visions for material research. 

But the problem is the price of antimatter. Antimatter production is not difficult. But it requires massive particle accelerators. And of course, antimatter must be stored. The storage system includes vacuum chambers with a magnetic system. That hovers antimatter particles away from the chamber’s shell. 

Antimatter research opens new visions. Into things. Like energy production. When a high-energy photon hits the atom’s core. If. Researchers can control a photon. And its energy level. They could pump energy into the atom’s core. And that energy pushes the electron shell away. This can form the Coulomb decay. Antimatter, or positron-electron annihilation. It. Can also. Be used to create light flashes. That flash. It can be used in femtosecond and attosecond lasers. Those lasers. Can be used to start fission in next-generation nuclear reactors. 

But as we know. Antimatter is the gate to the most powerful weapons in the world. Antimatter can be stored in a magnetic chamber. And then that chamber can be shot at an enemy. 

When. Antimatter interacts with matter. That causes a horrible explosion. The antimatter bomb, or so-called Teller bomb, could be a cigarette-sized tool that destroys an entire city. 

https://base.web.cern.ch/first-transport-of-antiprotons-in-our-open-penning-trap-system-base-step/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/for-the-first-time-scientists-trapped-an-elusive-antimatter-particle-and-contained-it-for-months-it-could-allow-them-to-test-an-enduring-physics-theory-180989738/

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-trapped-an-antimatter-particle-for-months-to-study-its-secrets/

Green stars and strange binary stars. And post-stellar planets.

“Artist’s impression of ZTF J0440+2325, a brown dwarf (right) and a red dwarf (left) that orbit each other every 86.65 minutes. The brown dwarf overflows onto its companion. And the stream of material strikes the surface. Of. The red dwarf, heating a large hot spot at the point of impact. Credit: Aaron Householder (MIT). (ScitechDaily, MIT Astronomers Catch a Star Slowly Eating Its Companion 300 Light-Years Away)

Before we go to thinking about white dwarfs. And their planetary systems. We must see the news. An. Interesting case. There, the red dwarf pulls matter from its brown dwarf companion. That causes intense heat in the red dwarf's atmosphere. That heat forms radio waves and X-rays. Maybe brown dwarfs can also steal matter from each other. When those material bridges impact other brown dwarfs. That can form radio bursts. We can see them. Coming from nowhere. Maybe brown dwarfs orbit some bright stars. When those bright stars, or maybe white dwarfs, steal their atmosphere. That can form extraordinary radio waves. 

“The traces of sodium in the atmosphere of this white dwarf absorb the orange part of the spectrum, leaving behind a ghostly green glow."(Space.com, Astronomers discover the 1st ever green star, a cosmic zombie just in time for Halloween)

Astronomers discovered the first green star.  It’s a white dwarf. A star that used up its fuel. Destroyed in a nova eruption. Then it turned into a white dwarf. That is the fate of the Sun when it uses up its hydrogen and helium. That star used all its fusion fuel. It can no longer produce energy. And gravity pulls it into a very dense object. That object is a white dwarf. If. The star is similar to the Sun. The WD J1330+6435. It is an almost typical white dwarf. But that star is green. And. That tells us that not all white dwarfs are white. Some of them are green, pink, or vivid blue. In. The case of WD J1330+6435. Sodium in its atmosphere makes that star look green. 

The chemical environment determines white dwarf color. White dwarfs form in nova eruptions. When. A star uses all its fusion fuel. It. Blows its shell into space. That remnant forms an interplanetary nebula. And there is a possibility. That post-stellar planets can form in that remnant. There is a possibility. That the Hubble Space Telescope found the planet in the HS 0209+0832 system is a second-generation planet orbiting a white dwarf star. This means the planet formed after the star turned into a white dwarf. And that is one of the most interesting observations in the history of astronomy. 

“Colour-accurate simulated images of white dwarfs.  (Image credit: Mark Hollands/University of Warwick)(Space.com, Astronomers discover the 1st ever green star, a cosmic zombie just in time for Halloween)

There are predictions. And theories about the existence of such planets. But. The confirmation. Of.  The existence of post-stellar planets is pending. The term post-stellar planet means that a planet forms from a planetary nebula around a white dwarf, neutron star, or black hole. The fact is that. All elements. In every planet, formed in dead stars. The question is: Could the planet form in the planetary nebula? That formed when a star erupted last time? And remained to orbit the star remnant. 

The thing. That determines this possibility. It is the nebula’s density. And the nebula must not be too homogeneous. If. There are no denser points. gravitational dots, the planets cannot form. The model is that the destroyed planet’s cores pull that material around them. And form a new planet around them. 

“This artist’s concept depicts a possible explanation for the unusual chemical abundances NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope detected in the HS 0209+0832 system: a second-generation planet orbiting a white dwarf star. Credit: NASA, ESA, Leah Hustak (STScI)”. (ScienceDaily, Hubble Space Telescope may have found a planet born after its star died)

A too-homogeneous nebula packs itself into one point. If the eruption is too strong, that nebula turns too thin. And of course. The eruption's symmetry plays a big role in that formation process. If. The eruption is like a giant flare. It can form a nebula. That is like a banner. The energy in that ionized gas can push plasma away and destroy the form. That forms a thin nebula. Elements like silicon can be found in that nebula. 

When. A white dwarf is a middle-aged stellar remnant. Its gravity. Pulls particles into its shell. Those impacts form radiation. The wavelength of that radiation depends on those particles’ energy levels. And, of course. The element that impacts. The white dwarf is another determinant of radiation. Or its wavelength. The nebula. The white dwarfs can have regular stellar companions. The best-known case of that kind of binary system is Sirius. 

The young blue star has the white dwarf companion Sirius B. So, stars can have companions formed long before them. Some bright stars have dim companions. Those companions can be brown dwarfs. They cannot affect Large stars' trajectories. That means. They cannot be seen using the methodology. Used. For exoplanet hunting.  When a star in a binary star system is brighter. And. It steals matter from the dim component. A material bridge forms a hot spot in the star’s atmosphere. This means the dim component forms a brighter spot in the brighter star's atmosphere. So that thing is the opposite of the effect. The planet dims the star.

https://news.mit.edu/2026/astronomers-catch-star-slowly-snacking-on-brown-dwarf-1005 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/10/261007042106.htm

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-astronomers-catch-a-star-slowly-eating-its-companion-300-light-years-away/

https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-hubble-cold-case-a-dead-star-may-have-given-birth-to-a-new-planet/

https://www.space.com/astronomy/stars/astronomers-discover-the-1st-ever-green-star-a-cosmic-zombie-just-in-time-for-halloween

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirius

The new missile systems can change the game. Into. A direction that nobody expected.

 

"Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Shown Being Fired From Ground Launcher" (TWZ)

Russia and China both have hypersonic weapons. They are years ahead of the U.S. That is one of the biggest problems for Western defense. If. A ground-launched hypersonic anti-ship missile is launched from 300-500 kilometers away from the target. The defense against those missiles is very difficult. The same goes for drone swarms. They are hard things. 

High-speed drone. That can reach speeds of 700-1500km/h. Can be transported into enemy territory. And then it can be launched near a radar station. Hypersonic missiles can also operate in multiple roles. They can have anti-ship capability. And. It can attack enemy ground installations. Those missiles can also operate against aircraft. They can provide long-distance strike capacity against all targets. Hypersonic missiles can hunt aircraft, buildings, and ships. 

The lack of ground- and sea-launched hypersonic missiles is a big hole in NATO's defense. Sea- and ground-launched systems offer something else.

That aircraft cannot provide. Aircraft are very advanced tools. They need lots of service. When. We think about things like ground-launched hypersonic missiles. There is a possibility.  That somebody drives those missiles on board some ferry. And then make a surprise attack from that ferry. 

Just like the drones. Those systems are platform-free. They can be launched from trucks on the decks. Or they can be on the ground. 

Aircraft still cannot fill artillery duties. Same way. Ship- and ground-launched missiles. They can threaten even the largest. And. Best-protected warships like aircraft carriers. 

And ground-launched versions of cruise missiles can turn warfare. Into. An unknown direction. Any cruise missile can use rocket takeoff. The Russian low-cost drones are a warning. The development cycle is very fast. High-flying balloons and airships can drop those drones to the operational area. The next-generation versions of those drones can use AI-based flight control. That kind of tool can be more devastating than anyone expected. The problem with military systems is that. 

High-altitude balloons or airships can carry drones. 

The microwave weapon. 

The ultra-high-cost F-35-style stealth aircraft play a vital role.  On. Battlefields. Those systems play a big role in attacks on Iran. But the big threat is also low-cost drones. Those drones can be remotely controlled. But quite soon. Those systems. They can also be AI-controlled. The new Su-57D two-seat version of the Su-57 can have better integration with drone swarms. Drones themselves can be shot from different platforms. Or the Su-57D can drop them. The backseater can operate those drones. 

The XQ-57A's U740 variant is launched using RATO. Similar RATO systems can also raise the cruise missile. Or a kamikaze drone. Into the air. 

The new cruise missiles can carry sub-missiles. That means the kamikaze missile can make a double attack. By. Using high-speed anti-radiation missiles. Or they can act as launching platforms. For. Hypersonic missiles. The networked operation system. It can use high-power jamming transmitters to cover the launch of the “Banderol”-type missiles. Those missiles or drones can be transported near their targets. And. They can be launched near the target. That means the defense system has very little time to react.  

Even if a drone is created for civilian purposes. Defending targets. Against. That weapon is not easy. The jammer system can deny communication.  But. That is possible. Only. When the jammer system is connected. The defensive system sees that the drone is coming. If. The drone is not detected. That can cause a horrible situation. 

The new SAAB/Kraken K3 SCOUT unmanned surface scout vehicle. 

The new sea drones can cause problems. The surface drones, equipped with microwave weapons and Hellfire or Spike missiles, can be dangerous for all other vehicles. Those. Small-sized unmanned automated drones. They can paralyze defenses. And they can cause very bad damage. 

That kind of USV can even carry nuclear weapons. The 12-kiloton nuclear explosives in the drones can turn the small drone into a nuclear weapon. Or a nuclear version of the HMS Chambeltown. The HMS Chambeltown made the successful St. Nazaire raid.  There, it collided with the gate of the shipyard’s pool. It detonated depth charges in the St. Nazaire shipyard. 28 March 1942. The big question is. What if Chambeltown used a nuclear weapon? The idea was stolen from “Operation Chariot”. 

And a little bit changed in some dark versions. The idea was that. The speedboat. Or some other thing. Like a yacht. Can sail into the harbour. And then detonate a nuclear weapon inside them. That can cause very large-scale destruction. USVs can also carry drones into strike distance of targets. The drone is the tool. That can also give guerrillas a new type of firepower. Those systems have shown their ability in the hands of Houthi rebels. Those rebels are a threat even to Israel. 

https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/navy-news/2026/kraken-and-saab-uk-pair-k3-scout-uncrewed-vessel-with-giraffe-1x-radar-to-detect-drones-at-sea#google_vignette

https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/russia-su57d-two-seat-stealth-fighter-drone-command-india-china-airpower/

https://interestingengineering.com/military/bae-microwave-weapon-counter-drone-swarms

https://www.twz.com/land/blackbeard-hypersonic-missile-shown-being-fired-from-ground-launcher

https://www.twz.com/air/high-altitude-balloons-are-a-game-changing-capability-army-space-command-boss

https://www.twz.com/land/blackbeard-hypersonic-missile-shown-being-fired-from-ground-launcher

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nazaire_Raid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-57

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_surface_vehicle

Ultra-accurate clocks and slowed light measure gravity.

“Scientists have created a self-stabilizing nuclear clock with a precision equivalent to one second in 30 million years, potentially paving the way for the most accurate clocks ever built. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com” (ScitechDaily, Scientists Create a Nuclear Clock So Precise It Barely Loses a Second in 30 Million Years)

Ultra-accurate atom clocks measure gravity and its interaction between objects. Those systems can be connected. With. Other methods. So. Reseachers can measure how high-energy cosmic eruptions affect Earth's gravity fields. The sensors can also measure microgravity interactions. 

When we think about time. It. Is connected with gravity. Things like time dilation affect ultra-precise measurements. And things. Like energy levels. Affect time and time dilation. 

When we think about gravitational centers like Earth. Those centers. Involve multiple gravitational centers. Each of those centers, like atoms. and elementary particle have their own gravitational field. So multiple quantum and microgravity centers form a solid-looking gravitational center. Those gravitational subcenters form entropy in that field. Each particle has its own gravitational field. That forms quantum whirls in that field. 

The new sensor uses slowed light to measure the gravitational effect between objects. 

The new sensor detects the gravitational effect between small objects. That sensor measures gravitational interaction. Between. Things like two stones. Normally, Earth is so dominant. In. The gravity system. Measuring the microgravity effect is very difficult. 

“New sensor uses slowed light to detect gravitational pull of tiny objects” (Lifeboat)

Slowed light. Can tell us about details. Of how the gravitational interaction works. The gravitational interaction is predicted to be an interaction. Where. The gravitational center pulls a field inside it. The big problem with that interaction is that. All particles have a gravitational field. 

But. Things like electromagnetic interactions cover gravity inside it. This means that when some electromagnetic beam hits atoms. That causes a situation. There is reflection between those atoms and other particles. That reflection. It covers gravitational waves under them. 

Reseachers use a Bose-Einstein condensate. An ultra-cold atomic vapor is used. To trap and slow photons. This effect is based on the Bose-Einstein condensate's ability to act like one large superatom. The idea of that sensor is that. The gravitational waves interact with those slowed photons. Those photons don’t interact with other quantum fields. 

“The mechanism behind stopping light is subtle and deeply quantum. It relies on a phenomenon called electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT). Normally, a medium like a cloud of atoms absorbs light of a certain frequency. But by shining a carefully tuned laser beam onto the atoms, scientists can manipulate their energy levels so that they become transparent to another beam of light.”(ScienceNewsToday, Can Light Be Slowed? How Scientists Trap Photons)

“When a light pulse enters under these conditions, it slows dramatically as its energy is transferred into atomic excitations—quantum ripples in the medium. The photons are not destroyed but transformed, their information embedded in the collective motion of the atoms. By switching off the control laser, scientists can freeze this quantum state. By. Trapping the light’s information. When the laser is switched back on, the information is reconverted into photons, and the light pulse emerges as though nothing had happened.” (ScienceNewsToday, Can Light Be Slowed? How Scientists Trap Photons)

The biggest problem with quantum computers is global disturbances. Like gravitational waves 

They can cause a global effect. The problem with global effects is that. Normally, we could detect errors in the system. By. Using computers in different positions on Earth. And things like fast radio bursts. Can be detected using radio telescopes. And. If.  The FRB hits Earth. While. The quantum computer makes its run. The system can make a retake. 

Slowed light will be the key to fundamental technologies. Ultra-secure data transmission. And the new types of quantum computers. Scientists slowed photons to 65 km/h. And that makes it possible to create a quantum computer. That makes the series of operations possible in a short period. This means. A quantum computer can repeat the calculations. Many times in a short period. And that increases its error detection. A gravitational wave detector can also help. To find. That kind of error in quantum systems. 

https://lifeboat.com/blog/2026/10/new-sensor-uses-slowed-light-to-detect-gravitational-pull-of-tiny-objects

https://www.org/can-light-be-slowed-how-scientists-trap-photons

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-create-a-nuclear-clock-so-precise-it-barely-loses-a-second-in-30-million-years/

Data center warfare is part of high-tech warfare.

“Ukrainian Drones Knock Out Supercomputers at Two Yandex Data Centers. Yandex confirmed fires and full shutdowns at its Sasovo and Kaluga sites on back-to-back days, October 8 and 9, after drones hit supercomputers tied to training its YandexGPT model and disrupted services for Russian Railways and MegaFon“.(Startupfortune, Ukrainian Drones Knock Out Supercomputers at Two Yandex Data Centers)

The third closed data center is in Vladimir. That data center provides data services to the Moscow region. And agencies like the GRU, FSB, and the Russian Aviation Institute can use that data. 

“Yandex shut down its data center in Vladimir, east of Moscow, after a drone strike damaged its infrastructure on October 11, the company said in a Telegram alert. The outage disrupted Yandex services as the company assessed the damage and worked to restore operations; the Associated Press reported it was the third strike on Yandex facilities in four days.” (LetsDataScience, Yandex Shuts Vladimir Data Center After Drone Attack)

Things. like automated and semi-automated systems require complex codes. To operate.  Data centers provide a platform to run and train AI. To operate in that area. Denying drone communication. Using jammers is more complicated than people thought. Jammer bases are in the radio transmitters. Those transmitters send radio signals that should deny data communication between the operator and the drone. 

The problem is in radio transmission. That makes jammer systems vulnerable to anti-radiation missiles. The aircraft or drone. It can shoot anti-radiation missiles against those radio transmitters. And the radio jammer works only If. it can operate on the same frequency as the drone. This means that the opponent operator knows those frequencies. When. The drone is jammed. 

The operator can shoot anti-radiation missiles from ground vehicles. Or they can shoot those missiles from airplanes. Anti-radiation missile. It can be effective against drones. But only if the missile and its operators know the drone’s command frequency. The anti-radiation missiles are shot from rocket launchers. They can be destructive tools. If. The operators find the right radio frequencies. And these kinds of systems require lots of data. 

Data centers play a central role in modern warfare. Those centers serve as information tools. And disinformation tools. They serve as data processing systems. Those systems. They. Can be used to program drones. They can also carry out cyberattacks. Those attacks are important. If. Those operators want to know. 

Where. Somebody is moving. Things. Like. Hacked traffic surveillance cameras can tell where some interesting things are moving. Hacked telephone centers can uncover enemy plans. And the big problem is how to make software. That those attacks require. 

We must remember. That without cyberattacks, things like the elimination of the Iranian leaders are impossible. Reconnaissance aircraft and satellites cannot. recognize people. Who enter cars in a garage. The system sees cars. But it cannot recognize people. Who sit in a car. Or the person’s precise location. Who is in the house. 

Cyberattacks allow attackers to see things. Like operation plans. Hacked cameras and access controls also give more interesting data. Like. Who the next commander of enemy forces is. Or who has private conversations with enemy leaders. 

Updated firewalls and antivirus software can make old programs useless. The operators must generate new code. That the antivirus cannot detect. This requires AI-based systems. Attackers must generate lots of code.

 In a short period. These kinds of systems require data centers. 

Data centers are vulnerable and high-value targets.  Trolls are operating using those data centers. And destruction makes it hard to run AI agents. And bots on platforms. The remarkable detail is this. Some far-right and Pro-Trump campaigns. On the net turn silent. When the Ukrainian drones attacked the Yandex data centers.

Yandex attack doesn’t end Russian campaigns. But it decreases them by about 50%. Another thing is that Yandex is part of the “Russian Google” infrastructure. This means: a major Part of the Russian data travels through those data centers. Governmental organizations like Roskomnadzor use those data centers to control the internet. 

Yandex closed a Vladimir data center. Near Moscow. That data center could serve the FSB for data processing. At least it provided very important data capacity for the Moscow region. The FSB used that data. For. Targeting their strikes against opposition. Knocking out those supercomputers makes it harder to control the system. 

This makes those data centers very high-value targets. In the same way. In Kyiv. Data centers provide their support. For. Intelligence analysis. And. The ability to predict air strikes. Attacks against data infrastructure affect the ability to operate. 

https://dailyboulder.com/russian-disinformation-bot-traffic-plunges-overnight-after-ukraine-drone-strikes-cripple-multiple-putins-data-centers-report/

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/86708

https://tech-insider.org/ukraine-strikes-yandex-third-data-center-4-days-2026/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/10/russian-drones-strike-ukraines-data-centers-by-exploiting-air-defense-gaps/

https://letsdatascience.com/news/yandex-shuts-vladimir-data-center-after-drone-attack-54325517

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskomnadzor

Advancing robots.

Robots are an extension of AI. Or they are a physical connection to AI. That makes robots both interesting and dangerous. Every day we read stories about mistakes. That automated systems make. We might think those systems aren't a threat to us at work. We make everything better. We are more sympathetic. And that is one of the things. That we sometimes misunderstand. 

The robot must not be intelligent. That. It can do its work. We can measure. The robot's effectiveness easily. Counting the number of accepted tasks. How many accepted pieces it can make. That is an easy way to calculate effectiveness. 

When we think about manufacturing robots. Those robots. They are more effective than humans. They don’t even know what they are doing. But they are not intelligent. And this is why we use robots. We use robots because they don’t resist. This makes robots a useful tool. In. The hands of the military. 

Flyer 1

We can look back in history. When. We look at things like the first car. Or. The first aircraft. Could somebody believe that the Flyer 1 that flew in Kitty Hawk would someday revolutionize transportation, research, and warfare? 

That is a good question. When we look at the Flyer 1. We see. How primitive this system is. Then we can ask why it's primitive. Because.  It was the first heavier-than-air machine that flew using its own engine. We can compare that primitive system with a modern F-35 and say that the first aircraft was dangerous. It was useless. At the same time, forget one thing. The F-35 does not exist without that primitive machine. That flew a couple of meters at Kitty Hawk in 1903. It’s hard to be number one. 

The second fact that we see is how robots make mistakes. And we can laugh at those mistakes. We forget that AI-controlled robots and LLMs are less than ten years old. The robot itself is not new. The person who introduced the idea of robots as mechanical men is unknown. 

Centauri Robot. 

Leonardo da Vinci tried to make a mechanical man. His invention was a mechanical knight. The first functioning robot, “The Digesting Duck, " was built by a French inventor named Jacques de Vaucanson. If. We compare that robot with modern robots. That tool was very limited. But that mechanical duck could transport dynamite to enemy positions. This means that the user determines how to use the robot. And the people behind Vaucanson. They wanted a system that pulls firewire behind it. And carries explosives to the target. 

“The Goliath tracked mine (German: Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath, "Goliath Light Charge Carrier". (Wikipedia, Goliath tracked mine)

“FireAnt unmanned ground vehicle”. (Photo by Austin Thomas)(DefenseBlog)

Same way. We can think of the German “Goliath” kamikaze tank. The tracked mine. That travels. On tracks was a solution. That could be useful. Lack of fuel and parts. Caused. There were too few of those systems. The “fire ant” unmanned ground vehicle is quite similar to “Goliath”.It can run below the tank’s tracks. It uses more advanced systems. There is a possibility. That those “fire ant” mines could carry bazookas. To make them more effective. 

"Model of Leonardo's robot with inner workings, on display in Berlin" (Wikipedia, Leonardo's robot)

By the way. Vaucanson called his robot an “automaton”. The word “robot” is from the 1930s. And when we look at things like robot taxis and primitive worker robots. We forget one thing.  Those systems that we see in museums are primitive pathfinders. This means that when we look at modern robots and movie robots. We must understand that things like AI agents. And PHP protocols. And. Morphing neural networks make those tools more versatile than the 18th-century mechanical ducks ever could be. 

PHP is a protocol. That makes. It is possible. To run code on the server. This means that. The workstation outsources the computing to the server. This means that. The server and its owner seed everything. That server does. And what does the system do? It processes information. That. The user gives to it. 

When Vaucanson made his first robots. He. Didn’t have networks and AI. The materials that he used were limited. And that is one of the things. That. We must understand. We can make Terminators. If. We mean man-shaped robots.  The man-shaped remotely controlled robot is possible. And the only thing. That is not possible is the computer. That allows those systems to operate independently. So. We can make a remotely controlled version of Terminators. But. Technology becomes more advanced.

The ability to interconnect servers over the network. It allows us to break the limits of the systems. And that can cause situations. That. We cannot control. Advanced algorithms can recognize that the computer does not have enough power. And call other servers to assist. That causes a situation. Where. The calculation power jumps to a new level. 

In this case, it is possible. The server operators don’t see that thing. This means that the AI runs on a server platform. That power can be a million times higher. That predicted calculation power. 

“Digesting duck”. Or. A postulated interior of the Duck of Vaucanson (1738–1739)(Wikipedia, Automaton)

Or. We can say that the robot must not look like any animal. It can look like a Centauri. Like the robot in the second image. But there is one danger with robots and algorithms. Especially.  Algorithms from the late 20th century. They were made for individual workstations. Those systems had 640 kt. memory. They were not used for network-based AI solutions. When. A neural network runs those algorithms. It can change its operations. Much faster than a 1980s PC. This means that the platform makes those systems more effective. 

Then networked server solutions run the same algorithm in multiple places. The system can point. The same algorithm can follow multiple objects at the same time. And that makes them more effective. Another thing is that. The AI has more data than ever before. The AI solution is not the same as a Large Language Model (LLM). The solution is the interface that connects the solution to the LLM. 

Even if we run the AI agent. Or. Some AI solution on our servers. The solution itself is connected to the LLM. That runs in a data center. The LLM is licensed software. And the solution is the interface that communicates with the LLM. This means that the data that we think we own runs on remote servers. 

https://defence-blog.com/u-s-army-tests-robotic-tank-killers/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automaton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_tracked_mine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_de_Vaucanson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%27s_robot

The first drone that can reach an altitude of 10,000 meters is here.

“Meteomatics' Strato multicopter drone.” (Interesting Engineering)

Swiss company called Meteomatics created a drone. It reaches an altitude of 34,245 feet (10,438 meters). This kind of drone can collect air samples. It can search for pollution. And. The drone can observe things. Like. Thermal leaks from city areas. Those. High-altitude drones.  They can use lasers. IR scanners to search for pollution. They can observe things. Like. Volcanoes. Here we must remember. That. The drone itself is only a platform. Sensors and other equipment make those things. 

“The drone can withstand sustained winds of up to 80 mph and uses an active de-icing system to prevent ice from building up on its propellers. These features are designed to keep it operating in the cold, windy conditions encountered at high altitudes.” (Interesting engineering)

“Called Strato, the aircraft is designed to measure temperature, humidity, air pressure, and wind speed as it climbs through different layers of the atmosphere. Meteomatics claims it is the first multicopter capable of collecting atmospheric profiles from near the ground to the stratosphere.” (Interesting engineering) 

“Weather balloons carrying instruments called radiosondes remain a primary method of measuring conditions high above Earth’s surface. These instruments record atmospheric conditions as the balloons rise, but launches generally follow fixed schedules.” (Interesting engineering) 

The drone itself can operate from any platform. The fact is that. These kinds of drones can operate in intelligence, reconnaissance, and strike missions. The problem with those drones is this. They are hard to detect. They can be dropped from ultra-high altitudes. They can carry medicines to mountain climbers. And the same system can also transport guns to prisons. 

It can be pushed out from a cargo plane. Or it can be dropped. From. The gearbox of a passenger plane. And it makes it very flexible. The ability to operate at high altitudes makes it suitable. To transport medicines to mountain hikers. Who are in trouble. And maybe they could save the lives of some Mount Everest climbers. 

The drone’s ability to operate in the stratosphere. 

It makes those drones very high-value systems. The drone can be dropped from high altitudes. Those drones can go into buildings. And do their missions. 

It makes those drones very capable. It is an interesting thing. The drone can act as a stratospheric satellite. So. It could hunt drug smugglers. That kind of drone can transport a radar system to very high altitudes. This kind of drone can hover above an area and observe objects on the ground. 

And flying objects. And it can deliver that information to the command center. 

These drones. They are an example of flexibility. They can use infrared cameras to search for thermal signatures. High-altitude drones. Can conduct surveillance missions over the area. They can search for low-flying objects. That makes them ideal tools for military purposes. This means the high-flying drone can spot targets for other drones or missiles. And those systems. They can also be new dangerous kamikazes. Those drones can be dropped from high-altitude aircraft. Then they can act like all other drones. Those systems can use AI. Or they can be remotely controlled. 

https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/weather-drone-34245-feet-strato-meteomatics

Return of SR-71.

 

NASA plans to return the SR-71 to flight. The SR-71 is one of the fastest aircraft in the world. Its speed is Mach 3,3. But there are rumors. That. The new engines allow the SR-71 to accelerate to Mach 4. That will be hard to make in real life. Using the original twin-engine concept. The titanium body is also under heavy stress. When an aircraft travels at speeds over Mach 3. The SR-71 is the highest-flying regular aircraft. The reason for that is this. The aircraft makes a pressure wave. That wave pushes air into the engine compressor. This means its engines get more air. 

And that allows it to reach very high altitudes. The SR-71 was retired. by NASA in 1999. USAF removed its own SR-71 in 1990. Officially, the reason for that was high operating costs. But the USAF was probably afraid that the SR-71 accident could help the Russians create their own version of the system. 

The SR-72 “Dark Star” is a concept. That. It can be the successor of the SR-71. 

There are rumors about the “Aurora”. A mysterious prototype. That should be the successor to the SR-71. But there is no evidence that the “Aurora” actually existed. Or. Maybe there could be some individual prototypes. But the fact is this. 

"Nord 1500 Griffon II, which was powered by a turbojet–ramjet combination, a precursor to later turborocket designs. "(Wikipedia, Air turborocket)

Simple ramjet operation, with Mach numbers of flow shown (Wikipedia, Ramjet) 

“The air turboramjet engine is a combined cycle engine that merges aspects of turbojet and ramjet engines. The turboramjet is a hybrid engine that essentially consists of a turbojet mounted inside a ramjet. The turbojet core is mounted inside a duct. That contains a combustion chamber downstream of the turbojet nozzle. The turboramjet can be run in turbojet mode at takeoff and during low-speed flight but then switch to ramjet mode to accelerate to high Mach numbers.”  (Wikipedia, Ramjet) 

“Original schematic of a turboramjet design” (Wikipedia, Air turborocket) 

“Recreated schematic of an air turboramjet. Featuring: 1. compressor, 2. gearbox, 3. hydrogen and oxygen lines, 4. gas generator, 5. turbine, 6. ram burner fuel injector, 7. main combustor, 8. nozzle”(Wikipedia, Air turborocket) 

 

Diagram of the principle of operation of a scramjet engine. (Wikipedia, Scramjet)

Artist’s impression of SR-72. 

The SR-71 requires different types of engines for Mach 4+ operations. The SR-71 uses almost conventional turbojet technology. The system operates near its limits. When. The airflow runs too fast. It. Causes a situation. There, the fire falls out of the combustion chamber. The ramjet engine is the tool. That helps the aircraft reach Mach 6. 

The system requires ramjet engines. Outside. The jet engines. The aircraft accelerates to Mach 1+. Then it can start the ramjet engine. The ramjet is needed because the turbojet cannot work at very high speeds. The ramjet and scramjet engines require another concept. They require staged acceleration. The ramjet system accelerates the aircraft to Mach 7-8; there, the aircraft can start fuel injection into the scramjet. Those systems could be made. But they require new concepts. 

If reseachers. Want to create an air-breathing engine system. That allows aircraft to reach Mach 12+. They need a scramjet engine. The answer. It. Can be the rocket-ramjet or scramjet. When aircraft must accelerate to speed. Mach 7- 8. A scramjet is required. The system transports a fuel-oxygen mixture from the sides to the combustion chamber. The system has a flap or iris that closes the air inlet. When. The speed accelerates to the speed that the scramjet requires. For. Its ignition. The engine opens the iris. And. It lets air flow. To travel inside the engine. If a Mach 10- 20 traveling aircraft is really possible. 

That kind of system can be the tool that makes it operate. The aircraft can be a fundamental shuttle concept. It can travel in the upper atmosphere and low Earth orbit. 


https://www.twz.com/air/a-sr-71-blackbird-has-vanished

https://www.twz.com/air/could-nasas-sr-71-blackbird-be-modified-to-reach-mach-4

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbreathing_jet_engine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_turborocket

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_SR-72

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramjet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird

Can neutrinos be behind “silent supernovas”?

 

"A supernova is the explosive death of a star, releasing an enormous burst of energy and scattering newly forged elements into space. These stellar explosions help seed future stars, planets, and potentially the ingredients needed for life. Credit: Shutterstock" (ScitechDaily, 

Neutrinos are leptons with almost no mass. Those particles can travel through planets without interacting. And that makes them interesting. When. Neutrinos travel through particles or matter. Those particles take energy with them. Just. Before a supernova explosion. A star sends A strong energy burst. When. A large number of neutrinos travel through the star. The star loses a lot of energy in that process. This means that neutrinos take energy with them. That can cause a situation. There, the star loses its heat energy. And. The star falls because of gravity. If that neutrino burst is strong enough. 

That causes a situation. Where. That star collapses. Into a “silent supernova”. The silent supernova means that the star collapses without drama. When. A heavy and bright star collapses. 

An observer sees the star vanish. When. A neutrino burst is strong enough. There. It cannot form a shockwave. If. Neutrinos take too much energy out of the star. The shockwave formation takes too long. And when the star starts to collapse. The core collapses. And when that core turns into a black hole. It starts to pull material into it. This raises its mass. And the Schwarzschild radius increases. That can prevent the supernova explosion. The Schwarzschild radius. It is. The event horizon’s distance from the black hole's core. When. The black hole’s mass increases. The Schwarzschild radius increases. And if that radius is at the front of the shockwave. We see that star vanish. 

 

"Magnetic Neutrino Laser Cannon A bold proposal to make a “neutrino laser” has run into a fundamental quantum obstacle. The reason lies in how neutrinos interact with the atoms that produce them. Credit: SciTechDaily.com" (ScitechDaily, MIT Study Reveals Why a Neutrino Laser May Be Impossible

The problem is that. Neutrinos don’t interact with magnetic fields. A laser accelerator. It can be. The only thing that can accelerate neutrinos. The magnetic side will transport protons to the atom core. That system can use beta-plus decay to produce neutrinos. 

"Physicists proposed a way to focus ghostly neutrinos into a laser-like beam, but new MIT calculations show that violent atomic recoil and the particles’ own quantum nature prevent the effect from taking hold." (ScitechDaily, MIT Study Reveals Why a Neutrino Laser May Be Impossible)

The neutrino laser would be an interesting and fundamental tool. But there are two main problems with that thing. The first problem is producing neutrinos. And one thing is how to moderate them. Beta decay can form neutrinos. But then. Those neutrinos must be collected. Beta decay is not easy to moderate. And without that ability. The neutrino laser is impossible to create. 

Neutrinos are an interesting thing. MIT researchers think. That. A neutrino laser will ever work. Theoretically, it is possible to create photon-accelerated neutrinos. The bigger problem is how to form neutrinos. That is the key problem in neutrino beam production. There is a possibility. To use nuclear reactors. For that purpose. But that makes those neutrino beams impractical. A neutrino beam travels through an atom’s core. It can. Make it. Possible to create quantum-sized black holes. The system could remove energy from atoms. 

If. A neutrino beam is possible. It could moderate plasma in a fusion reactor. But neutrinos are hard to produce. They are hard to control. But a neutrino laser can be the most fundamental tool in history. Making that tool is very hard. And maybe it will never be possible. 



https://scitechdaily.com/ghost-particles-may-decide-whether-a-dying-star-explodes-or-becomes-a-black-hole/

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-study-reveals-why-a-neutrino-laser-may-be-impossible/

https://scitechdaily.com/silent-giants-how-a-star-became-a-black-hole-without-exploding/