Perhaps a bit early for this, but wanted to pick out a few of my favourite pieces from the year. I started 2024 looking at ransomware: “...doing as much harm to UK national security as anything Russia, China, Iran or North Korea does in cyberspace.” www.economist.com/internationa... - ThreadSky

shashj.bsky.social • 87 days ago

Perhaps a bit early for this, but wanted to pick out a few of my favourite pieces from the year. I started 2024 looking at ransomware: “...doing as much harm to UK national security as anything Russia, China, Iran or North Korea does in cyberspace.” https://www.economist.com/international/2023/12/31/how-ransomware-could-cripple-countries-not-just-companies

In February we looked at how FPV drones had affected the war in Ukraine & why the technology had such potential, as well as some of its limitations. https://www.economist.com/interactive/science-and-technology/2024/02/05/cheap-racing-drones-offer-precision-warfare-at-scale

In March I looked at the rapid growth & improvement in China's military satellites (https://economist.com/china/2024/03/07/chinas-satellites-are-improving-rapidly-the-pla-will-benefit) as well as India's development of manoeuvrable warheads for its ballistic missiles & the implications of that: https://www.economist.com/asia/2024/03/14/india-is-souping-up-its-nuclear-missiles

Idea for next year: do it as an advent calendar. One article a day 😉

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