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Pictured is a soldier from 2nd Battalion, The Royal Yorkshire Regiment, at the National Training Centre, Fort Irwin during Project Convergence Capstone 4. This exercise a US Army-led experiment taking place in California between 2 Feb and 22 Mar 2024. Credit: Crown copyright/UK Ministry of Defence. The UK Ministry of …

Ukraine estimates that over half of all Russian casualties are due to small, cheap FPV drones are just modified consumer items. Last year, Russian radio jammers often brought them down, to the point that Ukraine was losing upwards of 10,000 a month. Since then, the technology has advanced and their …

STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOS Tent fire at Grand Parade encampment – January 22, 2024 | SaltWire Watch on YouTube: “Tent fire at Grand Parade encampment – January 22, 2024 | SaltWire” By Inna Varenytsia DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) – A Ukrainian soldier near the front line looks into …

The most junior soldiers serving in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command train in more exotic locales and use more futuristic tech in their first assignments than even graying sergeants majors saw over decades-long careers. That’s the distillation of remarks from a panel of highly placed senior noncommissioned officers in the Army …

Israeli soldiers fired at a drone on the Lebanese border on Sunday afternoon, only to then realize it belonged to the military. The soldiers initially suspected the drone had crossed from Lebanon into Israeli airspace, the Israel Defense Forces said. They fired at it due to a “mistaken identification.” The …

An illustration of Squad X Core Technologies. (DARPA) The Pentagon’s research and technology arm is testing a “breakthrough” AI-enabled technology for dismounted mobile combat units that synthesizes drone feeds, robot sensors, small arms fire detection, and ground-based radar — to “out cycle” enemy decision-making and attack with success. Instead of …

Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters A view of western Mosul, Iraq, on May 29, 2017. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi declared victory within the metropolis of Mosul on Sunday after a monthslong battle to regain management of the town from self-described Islamic State militants.  Yet the siege resulted in a “civilian catastrophe” that included mass …