The international exercise is being hosted by Russia at the Prudboy military testing grounds. Footage from the active part of the drills shows the service personnel operating T-90A main battle tanks and MBP-3 infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), shooting at targets at the testing grounds. © Southern Military District, Russian Defense …
Read More »US home-made drones are inferior and cost more than the Chinese ones they’ve replaced… and that spells trouble for Biden
Last year the Trump administration took the step of grounding the entire federal government fleet of drones, many of which were made by Chinese company DJI. Amounting to an inventory of more than 800, the White House was concerned they were being used for espionage and demanded that they be …
Read More »Eyes in the sky? Group claiming ‘Birds Aren’t Real’ & replaced by SPY DRONES takes its ‘tongue-in-beak’ warning on the road
Dozens of demonstrators flocked to the city of Springfield, Missouri last week, to participate in a rally for ‘Birds Aren’t Real’, a group whose popularity has grown in recent years as a result of online hype and eye-catching publicity stunts. According to the group’s website, the US government “genocided over …
Read More »Israel’s defense ministry claims success in downing drones using plane-mounted laser (VIDEO)
During the interception trials last week, a laser system was installed on a civilian Cessna aircraft, tasked with locating and destroying drones with the aid of an autonomous detection and tracking system, the ministry said. “We successfully intercepted several UAVs in the air, within a range of more than one …
Read More »Drones, 100s of people & vehicles sent to block UNSTOPPABLE herd of 15 elephants trampling Chinese towns & farmlands (VIDEOS)
The herd started on its way from a natural reserve in the southern Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and trekked about 300 miles (500km) over more than a year. On Sunday, a special command formed in Yunnan province to monitor and hopefully direct the migration, and it deployed 14 drones to …
Read More »Pentagon recommends US military uses Chinese drones despite bipartisan opposition and fears of espionage
A recent Pentagon report seen by the Hill found “no malicious code or intent” in two drone models manufactured by Da Jiang Innovations (DJI), a Chinese company and one of the world’s foremost drone makers. The report, dated May 6 and reported on Tuesday, concludes that DJI’s drones are “recommended …
Read More »Autonomous drones may have ‘hunted down’ and attacked troops in Libya without human control – UN report
According to the report, anti-government Libyan National Army fighters, under military commander Khalifa Haftar, were retreating last March following an unsuccessful attack on Tripoli, when they ran into a swarm of terrifying aerial opponents. They were “hunted down” by unmanned drones, as well as “lethal autonomous weapons systems,” the latter of …
Read More »Brussels police unleash water cannons, tear gas & drones as THOUSANDS gather for April Fools prank turned ‘freedom rally’ (VIDEOS)
Around 5,000 mainly young people showed up at the forest park just south of Brussels on Thursday, for an event called “La Boum” (a reference to a 1980s French teen rom-com) even though it was obviously an April 1 prank. After using drones to repeatedly call on the partygoers to …
Read More »Attack on Saudi oil terminal leaves fuel tank on fire after wave of Houthi drones target nearby cities
A projectile struck an oil terminal in Jizan, a port on the Red Sea north of the Saudi-Yemen border, on Friday, igniting a fire but resulting in no casualties, according to a statement from the Saudi Oil Ministry. “The Kingdom condemns this cowardly attack directed against vital installations, which does …
Read More »20 Israelis suspected of secretly developing SUICIDE DRONES for unnamed Asian nation, authorities say
Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, said on Thursday that the suspects developed, tested, manufactured, and sold loitering munitions to the unnamed nation. Loitering munitions, also referred to as suicide or kamikaze drones, are weapons systems that hover in a specified area and then attack once a target is located. …
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