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warfare

[wawr-fair] / ˈwɔrˌfɛər /


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I've come to an industrial space in a tech-heavy area of San Francisco expecting to see a menacing humanoid robot solider doing something combat-like: the future of land-based warfare, perhaps.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

What follows is part comedy and part emotional warfare as two middle-aged friends spiral into a battle of resentment, jealousy and revenge.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Drone warfare has shown its effectiveness against traditional military strategies.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Taking down low-cost drones without using missiles that can cost more than 10 times as much to produce has emerged as one of the most pressing problems of modern warfare.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

For all these reasons, the population of traditional New Guinea never exceeded 1,000,000 until European colonial governments brought Western medicine and the end of intertribal warfare.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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