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Washington’s war with Iran has cast a spotlight on a new American one-way attack drone, and Russia’s military bloggers are not liking what they see.The US military deployed the Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, for the first time in combat as part of major operations against Iran this…
Ukraine’s interceptor drones now account for almost a third of the Russian aerial threats destroyed, a top officer in the country’s branch for uncrewed air defenses said.”If we take into account the share of interceptor UAVs in the destruction of air targets, we have already reached the mark of 30%,”…
Ukraine carried out long-range drone attacks overnight against a key Black Sea oil terminal and a plant making components for explosives located deep inside Russia, a security official told Business Insider on Tuesday.The twin attacks mark Ukraine’s latest long-range strikes and come as Kyiv’s forces continue to target facilities inside…
A Ukrainian cyberwarfare division said on Thursday that it created a fake Starlink registration service to trick Russian soldiers into giving up sensitive data.The 256th Cyber Assault Division said it partnered with open-source intelligence groups to promote a network of Telegram channels and bots that offered to help the Kremlin’s…
Kyiv officials warned that Ukrainians might be coerced into registering Starlink terminals for the Kremlin’s forces after a recent block on Russia’s access to the service.Ukraine’s auxiliary body for handling prisoners of war posted a notice on Tuesday saying that it had learned of multiple instances where families of Ukrainian…
Russian troops are experimenting with a contraption that spins steel cables to protect vehicles from small loitering munitions.The device was seen on the “War Correspondents” program of the Russian state TV channel Smotrim, which reported on Sunday that the gadget was built by mechanics from the 70th Motor Rifle Regiment…
Extreme winter temperatures can pose an onslaught of technical challenges for drone operators on Ukraine’s front lines, a local drone commander said as his country was hit by a cold snap.Sr. Lt. Serhii Andrieiev, deputy commander of the “Kraken” drone company in the 3rd Army Corps, told Business Insider that…
SpaceX moved to cut off Russian access to Starlink this week, disabling connectivity over Ukraine while maintaining a whitelist of approved Ukrainian terminals.The new measure has spurred excitement among Ukrainian officials and pundits close to the war, who have said that Russian troops were increasingly using Starlink to guide long-range…
Singapore’s biggest aviation event offered a rare treat this year: the chance to see modern fighters used by the world’s top three military powers, all tearing through the sky in the span of 90 minutes.The biennial Singapore Airshow typically features a flying display, where pilots from around the world showcase…
US forces that executed a raid in Venezuela to capture its now-former leader walked away with no aircraft lost to the country’s Russian-made air-defense systems and Chinese-made radars.In the aftermath, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that it “seems those Russian air defenses didn’t quite work so well, did…
