Examples of typical events that most people think could cause humanity’s extinction are a large asteroid impact or a volcanic eruption of sufficient magnitude to cause catastrophic climate change. Although possible, these events actually have a relatively low probability of …

In my new book, War At The Speed Of Light, I discuss why the US military is eager to deploy directed energy weapons, such as lasers. One important reason has to do with hypersonic (i.e., five or more times faster …

Artificial intelligence (AI) surrounds us. However, much the same way we seldom read billboards as we drive, we seldom recognize AI. Even though we use technology, like our car GPS to get directions, we do not recognize that at its …

While researching my new book, War At The Speed Of Light, I surfaced some important questions regarding the threat artificial intelligence poses to humanity. For example, Will your grandchildren face extinction? Even worse, will they become robotic slaves to a …

The pace of warfare is accelerating. In fact, according to the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public policy organization, “So fast will be this process [command and control decision-making], especially if coupled to automatic decisions to launch artificially intelligent autonomous weapons …

  New Book by Louis A. Del Monte Grapples with US’ Development of Star Trek-like Weapons   Directed Energy Weapons and the Future of 21st Century Warfare   Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2, 2021: For many Americans, the idea of laser …

Every branch of the US military will deploy lasers. In fact, the US Army is building the world’s most powerful laser weapon (Read more about it here). Given the pace that the US military is developing and deploying laser weapons, …

Announcement My new book War at the Speed of Light: Directed-Energy Weapons and the Future of Twenty-First-Century Warfare is a hardcover, 288-page book, being released by Potomac Books on March 1, 2021. Overview War at the Speed of Light describes the …