Russia has likely depleted its supply of Iranian one-way-attack uncrewed aerial vehicles or OWA-UAVs, the British Defense Ministry said Saturday in an intelligence update. The ministry said there have not been any reports of the vehicles being used in Ukraine “since around” Feb. 15, while at least 24 were reported …
Read More »Has Iran Armed Moscow With ‘Drone Boats’ That Russia Alleged…
Russia seems to have taken a leaf out of Ukraine’s book and adopted the use of unmanned vessels for attacking Ukrainian positions if recent reports are to be believed. A video has been doing the rounds on social media showing what appears to be a Russian uncrewed vessel striking a …
Read More »US and Iran clash over Russia using Iran drones in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies clashed with Iran and its ally Russia over Western claims… UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies clashed with Iran and its ally Russia over Western claims that Tehran is supplying Moscow with drones that have been …
Read More »Trending news: Now Russia has also launched foreign weapons …
The Russia-Ukraine war has been going on for the last six months. Since the beginning, Ukraine has been using foreign weapons against Russian troops, whether it is Turkey’s TB-2 drone or the US HIMARS missile system. But now Russia has also put foreign weapons on the battlefield against Ukraine. According …
Read More »Russia signs contract with Iran to buy 1,000 drones
Iran and Russia have expanded the level of their strategic cooperation in various fields. Most recently in space, when a Russian rocket launched an Iranian satellite into orbit from a Russian spaceport in Kazakhstan, writes analyst and Middle East expert Elijah J. Magnier. Russia signed a contract with Iran to …
Read More »Ukraine losing its drone edge as war with Russia drags on
The early weeks of the war in Ukraine were dominated by social media posts showing Russian tanks decimated by small, cheap drones that helped level the playing field and largely negated Moscow’s massive advantage in manpower and equipment. Drones, military analysts said, were a key reason Kyiv was able to …
Read More »China drone giant grounds Russia, Ukraine sales
In the latest move in China’s delicate balancing act over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Chinese drone maker DJI has suspended its operations in both warring nations. The Shenzhen-based company is the world’s largest drone manufacturer. This move makes DJI the first major Chinese company to stop business in both countries …
Read More »Chinese drone maker DJI suspends business in Russia and Ukra…
Drone giant DJI Technology Co Ltd said it will temporarily suspend business in Russia and Ukraine, making it the first major Chinese company to halt sales to Russia since the country invaded neighbouring Ukraine in February. “DJI is internally reassessing compliance requirements in various jurisdictions,” the privately held company said …
Read More »Russia threat sets off mad dash for defense dollars
On Monday, the Biden administration releases its fiscal 2023 budget request to Congress, and is expected to ask for $773 billion for the Pentagon — $30 billion more than this year’s level. That’s on top of the nearly $14 billion supplemental in emergency aid for Ukraine passed this month. At …
Read More »Experts: Russia will use drones mostly to take cargo to hard…
ST. PETERSBURG, December 13. /TASS/. The future of unmanned aerial vehicles in Russia is related to supplies of cargo, weighing a few hundred kilograms, to hard-to-reach areas, while Western companies plan to use UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) to deliver maximum 15-kilo parcels within cities. Using drones in low-populated vast areas …
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