New Delhi: Even as members of the UN Security Council pledged their support for combating terrorism, developments in Ukraine cast a shadow with Russia and western countries trading verbal volleys over the drone attack against Russian naval forces at Crimea’s Sevastopol port. On the second day, the special meeting of …
Read More »US to Arm Ukraine with Vampire Counter-Drone System to Tackl…
As Iranian advisors train the Russian military on the usage of Shahed-136 drones in Russia, the US is planning to deliver a counter-drone system known as the Vampire to Ukraine within the next nine months, the Wall Street Journal reported. Russia launched at least four confirmed strikes on Kyiv using …
Read More »Ukraine Says 200+ Iranian UAVs Shot Down; Expert Admits Russ…
Russia’s extensive use of Iranian-made drones against Ukrainian targets puts a great deal of strain on Ukraine’s air defense systems, which are forced to use high-priced missiles to counter these low-cost drones. Days After ‘Threatening’ Saudi Arabia, US Nuclear Submarine Makes A Very Rare Appearance In The Arabian Sea On …
Read More »How tech is being used in the Ukraine War
Technology is changing how wars are fought, from drones to satellites, weapons systems to artificial intelligence. Do you know that The Ukrainian conflict began in 2014 after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine? Since then, fighting between Ukraine and Russia has killed thousands of civilians and displaced nearly two million people. …
Read More »Ukraine spy chief appeals to Britons to ‘send us your drones…
A Ukrainian intelligence chief has appealed for thousands of amateur drone pilots in the UK and around the world to donate their machines in the post, to help soldiers spy on Russian invaders and co-ordinate their attacks. Brigadier General Yuriy Shchygol told i that “dronations” of small unmanned aerial vehicles …
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 »Drone warfare fuels arms race amidst Ukraine war
The proliferation of drones in the Ukraine war is fuelling a fresh arms race between manufacturers of unmanned aerial systems and communications engineers developing radio wave scramblers and GPS jammers. Exhibitors at the Paris Eurosatory military expo told the Associated Press on Tuesday that pilots and their units …
Read More »US drone-maker aims to protect people there and in Ukraine
Credit: Brinc Drones Blake Resnick was a 17-year-old growing up in Las Vegas when a gunman firing from a Strip hotel window killed 60 people at an outdoor concert. In that October 2017 tragedy, Resnick, an engineering prodigy, recognized an opportunity. He imagined advanced drones buzzing to dangerous locations, giving …
Read More »Ukraine drone warfare reignites the race for killer robots
The nearest the world has seen to a fully autonomous weapon in the Ukrainian conflict to date comes from Britain, according to Justin Bronk, a senior research fellow for air power and technology at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). He says the Brimstone missile, made by Franco-British company MBDA, …
Read More »US plans to sell armed drones to Ukraine in coming days – EU…
The Biden administration plans to sell Ukraine four MQ-1C Gray Eagle drones that can be armed with Hellfire missiles for battlefield use against Russia, three people familiar with the situation said. The sale of the General Atomics-made drones could still be blocked by Congress, the sources said, adding that there …
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