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  • North Korea’s military is being transformed on the battlefields of Ukraine – so why is Seoul silent?

    07/24/2025 4:52:18 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 8 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Thu 24 Jul 2025 | Raphael Rashid
    When North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles from its eastern coast in May, South Korea’s response was swift. Within hours, Seoul joined Washington and Tokyo in condemning the launch as a “serious threat” to regional peace and security. But just weeks earlier, when a North Korean KN-23 missile – designed to strike South Korean targets – hit a residential building in Kyiv, killing 12 civilians, Seoul said nothing. That silence fits a broader pattern. There was no response when Russia reportedly deployed a surface-to-air missile system to protect Pyongyang, nor when Ukrainian intelligence revealed that Russian instructors were training North...
  • Ukraine Deploying ‘Tens Of Thousands’ Of Interceptors To Stop Shaheds

    07/19/2025 10:03:23 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 21 replies
    Forbes ^ | Jul 15, 2025 | David Hambling
    Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency has signed contracts for ‘tens of thousands’ of interceptor drones, according to director Arsen Zhumadilov speaking in an interview published on July 14th. The U.S. decision to supply more Patriot air defence missile batteries to Ukraine is vital to protect against Russian missiles. But stopping the massive drone onslaught is a job for far more numerous interceptor drones. The Numbers Game The strength of the Iranian-designed Shahed drones lies in their vast numbers. The low-cost drones fly at around 120 mph, with similar performance to a WW1 aircraft, and are just as easy to shoot down....
  • Russian Drone Tsunami

    07/18/2025 10:12:20 PM PDT · by ganeemead · 50 replies
    The drone and missile onslaught against Ukraine
  • Enter the kill zone: Ukraine's drone-infested front slows Russian advance

    07/17/2025 5:44:02 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 5 replies
    Reuters MSN News ^ | 7/17/2025 | Max Hunder, Sabine Siebold and Manuel Ausloos
    "Drones, drones, drones. Only drones. A lot of drones." A weary Ukrainian platoon commander speaks to the transformed nature of modern warfare as he's medically evacuated from the front lines. Kamikaze drones. Surveillance drones. Bomber drones. Drones that kill other drones. These machines swarm the skies in vast numbers. They're cheap, they're deadly and they're among the main reasons Ukraine believes it can hold out against advancing Russian forces this year and even beyond, according to a dozen Ukrainian commanders, officials and arms manufacturers involved in Kyiv's defence. Ukrainian soldiers describe the drone-infested corridor covering about 10 km either side...
  • The U.S. Army’s ‘Leonidas’ Uses Directed Energy to Instantly Fry Entire Drone Swarms

    07/15/2025 11:04:02 PM PDT · by Enterprise · 51 replies
    https://rumble.com ^ | 7/15/25 | Posted on Rumble
    The U.S. Army’s ‘Leonidas’ Uses Directed Energy to Instantly Fry Entire Drone Swarms
  • Drones Are Key to Winning Wars Now. The U.S. Makes Hardly Any.

    07/14/2025 8:12:42 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 31 replies
    The New York Times ^ | July 13, 2025 | Farah Stockman
    On a patch of dirt in the vast wilderness in Alaska, a long-range drone roared like a lawn mower as it shot into the sky. It scanned the ground for a target it had been programmed to recognize, and then dived, attempting to destroy it by crashing into it. But it missed, landing about 80 feet away. On another attempt, a drone nose-dived at launch. On a subsequent try, a drone crashed into a mountain. These drones weren’t flown by amateur hobbyists. They were launched by drone manufacturers paid by a special unit of the Department of Defense as part...
  • Military jet's mysterious collision raises questions about advanced UFOs in US airspace: 'Been here all along'

    07/14/2025 3:02:09 AM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 108 replies
    Fox News ^ | Julia Bonavita
    Declassified documents revealing a United States military aircraft was previously struck by an unknown flying object is raising eyebrows as experts point to other unexplainable sightings suggesting otherworldly technology flying within the country’s airspace. The incident occurred in January 2023, after an unidentified object collided with the left side of an F-16 Viper jet participating in training exercises near Gila Benda, Arizona, an Air Force spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital. ... "According to military personnel I’ve personally met with, there were objects 200 miles off the East Coast that were extensively loitering and had no visible means of propulsion,"...
  • Pentagon Just Made A Massive, Long Overdue Shift To Arm Its Troops With Thousands Of Drones

    07/13/2025 11:17:17 AM PDT · by Twotone · 31 replies
    TWZ ^ | July 10, 2025 | Joseph Trevithick
    The Pentagon has announced sweeping new changes intended to surge the fielding of small drones, including weaponized types, across the entire U.S. military. Most notably, certain types of smaller uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) will now be treated as “consumables,” more akin to hand grenades and other kinds of ammunition, than aircraft, which has broad ramifications. Lower-level commanders will now also be able to procure smaller UASs directly, as well as authorize subordinates to operate them. The new policies rolled out today represent a huge shift that could not come soon enough for the U.S. military, which has continued to move...
  • A Never-Ending Supply of Drones Has Frozen the Front Lines in Ukraine

    07/13/2025 4:44:42 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 38 replies
    Wall Street Journal MSN News ^ | 7/12/2025 | Ian Lovett, Daniel Kiss
    In the battle for Ukraine, the front line is increasingly at a standstill. The reason: rapid innovations in drone technology. From just a few commercial and homemade drones, which the Ukrainians used at the start of the war to locate invading Russian columns, unmanned vehicles now dominate the battlefield. Each side has hundreds of them constantly in the air across the 750-mile front line. Drones can lay mines, deliver everything from ammunition to medication and even evacuate wounded or dead soldiers. Crucially, drones spot any movement along the front line and are dispatched to strike enemy troops and vehicles. ‘Wedding...
  • Army's aviation branch takes over UAS mission

    04/20/2006 6:50:43 PM PDT · by SandRat · 19 replies · 540+ views
    Col. Michael Dixon holds the flag of the Provisional Unmanned Aerial Systems Training Battalion, as Lt. Col. Ronald Myers, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Raleigh Matthews unfurl the banner at Wednesday's activation ceremony on Fort Huachuca's Rugge-Hamilton Airfield. In the background, one of the company commanders and a first sergeant of the new battalion unfurl their units guidon. (By Bill Hess-Herald/Review) Herald/Review FORT HUACHUCA — As of Wednesday, the Army’s intelligence-gathering unmanned aerial systems are now part of the Aviation Warfighting Center at Fort Rucker, Ala. But the initial operation and maintenance of the pilotless planes will not be...
  • Navy unveils X47B unmanned jet - Evil Robot - Updated

    12/20/2008 9:42:47 AM PST · by StockMarketNews · 20 replies · 1,967+ views
    militarynews ^ | 20.12.2008 | military news
    ....autonomous airplane that would launch and recover on Nimitz-class aircraft carriers and conduct strike and other missions — without the hands-on controls of an onboard pilot... FULL STORY
  • NEW AI-POWERED UAS COMING TO AUSTRALIA: CIVIL USE BEFORE LOCKDOWNS???

    09/03/2023 6:02:22 AM PDT · by RaceBannon · 21 replies
    Australian Aviation ^ | August 30, 2023 | written by Jake Nelson
    Toll Aviation has signed a deal to bring a new AI-based uncrewed aerial system (UAS) to Australia. V-BAT, made by US-based company Shield AI, is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) UAS that its manufacturer says can meet “a broad array of civil and defence mission requirements” through its capacity for multi-mission payload sets.
  • Republicans demand comprehensive security review of Chinese drones after Trump executive order

    07/11/2025 6:57:19 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 4 replies
    foxnews ^ | 07/11/2025 | Greg Wehner
    House Republicans are calling on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to expedite a national security review of Chinese drone manufacturers like Shenzhen Da-Jiang Innovations Sciences and Technologies Company Limited (DJI Technologies) pursuant to the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act. In a letter to ODNI signed by representatives Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.; Rick Crawford, R-Ark.; and John Moolenaar, R-Mich., the lawmakers requested timely execution of the review as drone technology quickly accelerates. President Donald Trump signed an executive order last month prioritizing the accelerated integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into U.S. national airspace. But before that fully...
  • Humiliation for Putin as Russia 'looks set to SCRAP its only aircraft carrier after seven years of failed repairs'

    07/11/2025 3:43:02 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 56 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 7/11/2025 | OLIVIA ALLHUSEN and WILL STEWART
    Vladimir Putin's only aircraft carrier - the hulking Admiral Kuznetsov - is poised to be scrapped after seven failed years of repairs, say reports. Work on the jinxed ship, the largest in the Russian navy, has now been suspended despite the efforts to get it back in the water. News outlet Izvestia cites sources saying the vessel is likely destined for the scrapheap. Putin's 'Ship of Shame' is languishing in dock in grim Arctic port Murmansk, and has played no role in the war against Ukraine. Its crew were quietly sent to fight in the war instead. The 58,000-ton rust...
  • Russia's intensifying drone war is spreading fear and eroding Ukrainian morale

    07/10/2025 4:09:48 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 110 replies
    BBC News ^ | July 10, 2025 | Paul Adams
    Everyone agrees: it's getting worse. The people of Kyiv have, like the citizens of other Ukrainian cities, been through a lot. After three and a half years of fluctuating fortunes, they are tough and extremely resilient. But in recent months, they have been experiencing something new: vast, coordinated waves of attacks from the air, involving hundreds of drones and missiles, often concentrated on a single city. Last night, it was Kyiv. And the week before too. In between, it was Lutsk in the far west. Three years ago, Iranian-supplied Shahed drones were a relative novelty. I remember hearing my first,...
  • Putin reeling as Ukraine launches 'deepest' attack of war 620 miles inside Russian border

    07/02/2025 8:06:21 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 92 replies
    Express UK ^ | 7/2/2025 | John Varga
    A series of explosions are heard inside the plant, with workers rushing and screaming as they try to get to safety. Ukrainian drones attacked a military-industrial complex in the Russian city of Izhevsk on Tuesday, in one of the deepest strikes inside the country since Putin's full-scale invasion. UAVS struck the Kupol Electromechanical Plant, causing a major fire to break out at the site. Video images circulating on social media channels show the dramatic moment of impact as the deadly drones zeroed in on their target. In one clip, an explosion can be heard, and then a giant ball of...
  • Iran gave Russia drones but gets no S-400s in return, ex-MP says.

    07/01/2025 9:01:46 AM PDT · by Words Matter · 22 replies
    UrabIntl ^ | 6.30.25
    Former Iranian deputy parliament speaker on Monday criticized Russia for refusing to provide Iran with the S-400 air defense system, despite Tehran supplying drones used in the war in Ukraine. “Russia has given the S-400 air defense system to Turkey and Saudi Arabia, but does not give it to Iran, which has provided it with drone assistance in the war with Ukraine, because it might be used against Israel,” Ali Motahari wrote in a post on X. “This is what the strategic cooperation with Iran that Mr. Putin talks about looks like,” he added.
  • Israel and Ukraine Used Smuggled Drones To Wreak Havoc on Their Enemies. Could China Do the Same?

    07/01/2025 8:13:01 AM PDT · by Twotone · 15 replies
    Washington Free Beacon ^ | June 30, 2025 | Andrew Kerr & Thomas Catenacci
    A covert Israeli drone base secretly installed in the heart of Iran. More than 100 Ukrainian remote-controlled military aircraft smuggled deep into Russia, concealed under wooden sheds. Israel and Ukraine have activated these assets to devastating effect over the past year, decimating the Iranian military command and crippling Russia’s Air Force—all with a flip of a switch. The stunningly successful asymmetric attacks have some experts wondering: Could China, America’s "number one geopolitical foe" in the words of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, be laying the groundwork to do the same in the United States? "Mossad did this in secret. The...
  • In unexpected move, France claims it intercepted drones targeting Israel

    06/26/2025 8:47:17 AM PDT · by daniel1212 · 19 replies
    jfeed.com ^ | JUN 26, 2025 05:43 | Avi Nachmani
    France's military actively intercepted Iranian drones targeting Israel in the days leading up to this week’s ceasefire, Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu confirmed Wednesday evening. Speaking before Parliament during a debate on the Middle East, Lecornu said the French army engaged in defensive operations as Iran launched a large-scale assault on Israel."I can confirm that the French army intercepted fewer than 10 drones over the last few days, during Iran's military operations against Israelhttps://www.jfeed.com/news-israel/iran-israel-conflict-analysis, either through ground-to-air systems or using our Rafale fighter jets," Lecornu stated
  • Ex-teacher sentenced in terror aid case ("Virginia jihad network" , al-Huda school)

    08/25/2006 10:38:27 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 5 replies · 316+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/25/06 | Matthew Barakat - ap
    ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A former third-grade teacher at a Muslim school was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for providing support to a Pakistani terrorist organization. Ali Asad Chandia, 29, who taught at the al-Huda school in College Park, Md., is one of 11 Muslim men convicted in what prosecutors called a "Virginia jihad network." The network involved a group of men who played paintball in the Virginia woods in 2000 and 2001 as a means of training for global holy war. After the Sept. 11 attacks, some group members turned their efforts against the United States, traveling to...