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Ukraine carried out a first-of-its-kind attack on a Russian submarine using underwater drones, Kyiv said on Monday, revealing a new use for its explosive-packed uncrewed systems.The Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, said it executed a “unique special operation” using an underwater drone to strike a Russian Kilo-class submarine at…
A Ukrainian defense manufacturer said Monday that its interceptor took down a Russian drone armed with an air-to-air missile, an unusual configuration signaling a new battlefield tactic.Wild Hornets, a defense-tech firm making drones for the Ukrainian military, said that the Darknode battalion of Kyiv’s 412th Nemesis Brigade used its “Sting”…
Russia has been using its medium-sized drones to fly smaller drones packed with explosives into combat, extending their range and creating deadly new problems for Ukrainian forces.Ukrainian soldiers who described the tactic to Business Insider said that Moscow uses its fixed-wing Molniya (“lightning” in Russian) drones to carry small first-person-view…
Sleek, black, and sporting foldable wings, the footlong Kreuger-100XR looks almost like something you’d find in a toy store aisle.The rocket-shaped device is what a new Swedish startup hopes will be the future of point air defense against drones.The Kreuger-100XR, with XR standing for Extended Range, is Nordic Air Defence’s…
Russia has begun using long-range, jam-proof drones controlled by fiber-optic cables to threaten Ukraine’s logistics, a senior government official told Business Insider.Mykhailo Fedorov, the first deputy prime minister of Ukraine and its minister of digital transformation, said that Russia is now fielding fiber-optic drones with a range of 50 kilometers…
Ukrainian forces executed a secret operation inside Russia and destroyed one of its new Oreshnik long-range ballistic missiles, Kyiv’s military revealed on Friday.The operation took place overnight at the Kapustin Yar launch site in Russia’s southeastern Astrakhan region on July 8, 2024. Ukraine is just now making the details public…
Poland said on Wednesday that two of its fighter jets intercepted a Russian spy plane in the Baltic Sea, as NATO remains on edge over air incursions that it fears are a way for Moscow to test its responses.The Polish Armed Forces said that the plane, an Ilyushin-20 turboprop-powered reconnaissance…
