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The US Navy’s top admiral sees laser weapons as a strategic answer to the cost challenge of combating cheap drones.The Navy has been looking to laser and directed-energy weapons as a potentially cheaper means of neutralizing uncrewed systems, preserving limited and much more expensive interceptor missiles for higher-end threats. Laser…
US forces stationed at the southern border used a laser weapon to shoot down three cartel-linked drones this week, the military said Thursday.Drug cartels have been increasingly using uncrewed aerial systems to support operations. US troops at the border have responded with a range of counter-drone weapons, including directed-energy systems…
The shaky video that has horrified viewers around the world lasts just over 30 seconds.It shows an exploding drone — small enough to fit in the palm of the hand and loaded with explosives — circling just meters above a vegetable seller’s market stall in an area near the southern…
NATO plans to fortify its eastern edge using drones, sensors, and artificial intelligence in a massive network designed to spot and help repel a potential Russian attack.As part of that plan, some systems may increasingly operate autonomously; however, humans will still decide what targets they engage.Western officials say that the…
Russia has been reducing its usage of conventional long-range attack drones in favor of more advanced, jet-powered ones, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s navy said on Monday.”The Russians are reducing the number of conventional drones they use while effectively increasing the number of jet-powered drones,” said Capt. 3rd Rank Dmytro Pletenchuk,…
Ukrainian strike drones flying hundreds of miles into Russian territory have been hitting oil refineries, military sites — and now the country’s biggest e-commerce warehouses.At least 10 facilities run by Russia’s largest online retail firm, Wildberries, have been struck by long-range drones in the last two weeks.The fixed-wing drones have…
An elite British Army unit is using video games to teach soldiers how to fly drones before they take to the skies for real.Soldiers in the 1st Battalion of the UK’s Irish Guards use several publicly available simulators “favored by tactical and hobbyist pilots the world over,” Capt. Pickett RM,…
Ukraine’s new drones are letting its soldiers “free hunt” in areas far behind the front lines that Russia long considered safe.The mid-range strike drones are making Russian logistics deep behind the front increasingly vulnerable, giving Ukrainian operators access to target-rich areas with limited defenses. One soldier described attacking Russian targets…
The US Navy’s new Saronic Corsair sea drones are getting a workout in the Middle East, pulling off operational firsts for the American military in both rescue and combat.US Central Command revealed Monday that attacks over the weekend that targeted an Iranian submarine and ship maintenance facility involved three Corsair…
The Marine Corps is standing up a new organization designed to rapidly turn battlefield drone lessons, like best practices for defeating hostile drones or using them to spy on and attack an enemy, into standardized training for more Marines.Drone warfare is evolving quickly and has reshaped battlefields. To meet the…
