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When the German Armed Forces announced yesterday that they ordered eight MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones from General Atomics, the headlines focused on the hardware. But the real story is what this $1.78 billion procurement reveals about how Berlin has finally accepted a reality the rest of NATO grasped years ago: persistent maritime surveillance requires unmanned platforms…
Instead of bullets, nets, missiles, or expensive interceptor drones chasing other drones in an awkward aerial ballet, STRATUS fires short
Germany is breaking a decades-long taboo by empowering its military to shoot down unidentified drones over domestic soil. Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s cabinet approved the landmark legislation Wednesday, authorizing the Bundeswehr to deploy weapons and advanced jammers inside Germany’s borders to protect critical infrastructure. The move was reported by Bloomberg, citing the need to counter a…
He had a DJI Mini 3 Pro on board, and this was a perfect moment to get some aerial shots. He launched the drone and captured views of Kalamata
Polish border guards intercepted a drone loaded with around 400 packs of cigarettes believed to have been smuggled from Belarus, as reported by TVPWorld. The discovery was made in a wooded area near the town of Krynki, in Poland’s eastern Podlaskie province, after a local resident alerted authorities. Police, firefighters, and border patrol officers were…
Poland plans to build a national anti-drone defense system within months without waiting for the European Union’s stalled “drone wall” initiative, Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk announced in a Bloomberg interview today. The decision comes after 19 Russian drones violated Polish airspace in September, forcing NATO to shoot down hostile aircraft for the first time…
The European Union’s ambitious drone defense roadmap is taking the wrong approach by limiting cooperation to EU-only initiatives rather than leveraging NATO structures and Ukraine’s battle-tested manufacturing capabilities, according to a Reuters Breakingviews analysis published today. Pierre Briancon, a Reuters Breakingviews columnist covering European business and economics, argues that Brussels
Iran summoned Poland’s ambassador in Tehran on Thursday to formally protest Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski’s participation in a UK Parliament display of a captured Shahed-136 drone allegedly used by Russia in Ukraine, according to Press TV. The diplomatic summons escalates tensions over Western accusations that Iran supplies attack drones to Moscow’s military campaign. The…
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