Lobbying Congress for funds to research and develop new nuclear weapons, Bush has opened the back door to the doctrine of a "fightable" nuclear war, one in which the use of small or limited nuclear weapons would be possible or even desirable to defeat ruthless and unconventional enemies.
Noted artificial intelligence researcher Ray Kurzweil believes we are fewer than 30 years away from a time when machine intelligence will surpass our own.
A once-fantastic vision of American military control of the heavens is so closely identified with the goals of U.S. Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that he has been dubbed Darth Vader. Rumsfeld is the key promoter of America's controversial national missile defence plan, a futuristic system that would destroy enemy long-range rockets from land, sea and space.
A top aide to President Bill Clinton said Monday unspecified hostile countries are studying U.S. computer networks for ways to spark mayhem if war breaks out. 'This is not theoretical. It's real,' said Richard Clarke, White House National Security Council staff co-ordinator for security, infrastructure protection and counter-terrorism.