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Sweden is placing a very large bet on unmanned warfare, committing 4 billion Swedish crowns, about $440 million, to military drone systems that will be delivered over the next two years, a move that underlines how seriously Stockholm now views drones as core combat tools rather than niche add ons, as reported by Reuters. Sweden…
In a small room in Wiltshire that feels more like a messy workshop than a military lab, British start up Modini is building a new kind of suicide drone. The Dart 250 is fast, simple, and designed for modern combat. It carries about twenty kilos of explosives, flies over two hundred seventy miles per hour,…
Germany is set to arm its military with loitering munitions, commonly known as exploding drones, for the first time, marking a significant shift in defense policy
US and Israeli drones are facing increasing threats from Iran-backed militant groups. Recently, several high-value drones have been shot down
Counter-Terrorism Expert Warns of ‘Moderately High’ Probability In a concerning development, ISIS extremists have circulated “detailed” manuals for adapting drones to attack the upcoming Paris Olympics, according to Matt Mooney, a counter-terrorism expert who spoke to The National. Mooney, a former US Department of Homeland Security official now with the Recorded Future threat intelligence company
In a groundbreaking development, drones equipped with advanced computer vision software are being deployed to detect and defuse landmines littering the war-torn landscape of Ukraine. The UN and Armed Forces of Ukraine recently invited the team from Safe Pro AI to demonstrate their technology, which successfully located 72 out of 50-100 inert landmines and bombs…
Poland has decided to purchase MQ-9 Reaper drones from the United States in the face of increasing concern over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
On Monday the Afghanistan spy chief said that the Taliban has started to use small recreational drones to drop grenades on government forces
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