Tag: Drones
Militants Kill 11 Police in Pakistan Drone Ambush
Eleven police officers were killed in northwest Pakistan late Wednesday after militants struck the Khazina Banda police post in Hangu district, near the Afghan border, then ambushed reinforcements sent to the area.Militants first hit the post with improvised explosives attached to quadcopters, according to a police statement cited by Al…
Drone War Is Pushing Beyond Electronic Jamming
For much of the drone war in Ukraine, electronic warfare offered one of the cheapest answers to one of the battlefield's cheapest threats. Jam the radio link between an FPV drone and its pilot, disrupt satellite navigation or flood the relevant frequencies, and a weapon costing hundreds or thousands of…
Drone Barrage Hits Logistics, Industrial Sites Near Moscow
A logistics warehouse south of Moscow caught fire and an industrial plant was reportedly struck overnight during a large Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian capital and surrounding region.The Koledino fire broke out at a facility operated by 3PL, an independent logistics and fulfillment provider located next to Wildberries’ major…
Britain Gives Ukraine Its Stone Cloak Technology
Britain will hand Ukraine the intellectual property behind its Stone Cloak electronic-warfare system, moving their defense partnership beyond supplying weapons toward sharing the technology needed to produce them at scale.Prime Minister Andy Burnham is set to announce the transfer during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to a British naval base on…
Romania Starts Shooting Down Russia’s Drones
Romania shot down a drone over the Black Sea on July 26, the third such interception in three days, marking a sharp change in how the NATO member responds to incursions linked to Russia's attacks on neighboring Ukraine.A Romanian F-16 destroyed the drone roughly 12 kilometers northeast of Sulina, in…
U.S. Starts Rationing Air Defenses Against Iranian Strikes
U.S. commanders are deliberately allowing some Iranian missiles and attack drones through their air defenses, accepting damage to military installations rather than expend interceptors that are growing harder to replace, according to NBC News.Two senior U.S. officials told NBC News that commanders have been choosing which incoming weapons to intercept…
Ukraine Hits Wildberries Hub, Targets Defense Plant
Ukraine struck a Wildberries logistics hub in Russia's Leningrad region on Friday, according to Reuters, which reported that Governor Alexander Drozdenko confirmed the warehouse caught fire and that three people were wounded. Wildberries said operations at two logistics sites in the region were suspended.The strike is the fifth reported attack…
Ukraine Claims Tu-95 Destroyed at Engels
Ukraine said on Friday that Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) drones destroyed a Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber at Engels-2 air base in Russia's Saratov region, extending Kyiv's campaign to eliminate aircraft Moscow uses for cruise-missile attacks before takeoff.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the bomber had been used for strikes on…
CIA: Ukrainian Drones Outpace Russian Mobilization
CIA Director John Ratcliffe said CIA intelligence estimates Russian recruits arriving at the front in Ukraine survive 20 to 30 minutes, attributing the attrition to Ukrainian AI-guided attack drones.“The average life expectancy of a Russian recruit right now, arriving on the battlefield in Ukraine, is estimated to be between 20…
Ukraine and EU launch bloc-wide drone partnership
Ukraine and the European Union signed a defense-industrial partnership dubbed the Drone Deal during Ukrainian Statehood Day celebrations in Kyiv, backed by concrete funding and industrial commitments rather than rhetoric alone, according to the European Commission and Ukrinform.The Commission disbursed 1 billion euros to support Ukraine's drone capabilities under the…
