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KFC Rides A Bomber Drone To Ukraine's Front Line

Ukraine's 3rd SSO Regiment received a KFC order by Heavy Shot bomber drone, showing how battlefield logistics now move food, medicine, and ammunition.

Rafael SuárezJul 314 min read

Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat collaborative combat aircraft flying over land

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Boeing Wants To Build The Ghost Bat Everywhere At Once

Boeing wants MQ-28 Ghost Bat production distributed across multiple countries, with German partners named as Europe pursues defense independence.

Rafael SuárezJul 31

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FAA Law Makes That Viral “Claude Squirrel-Hunting Drone” Illegal Three Times Over

A post claiming to show an AI-controlled drone armed with a CO2 BB gun that autonomously shoots squirrels has pulled in more than 590,000 views on X this week, and almost every law it touches points the same direction: this is illegal for any civilian to operate in the United States. The account, a self-described…

Haye KestelooMay 28

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UK Eyes Drones to Unlock Strait of Hormuz

Britain is drawing up plans to send autonomous minesweeping drones to the Strait of Hormuz as Iran’s threat to international shipping pushes oil prices past $100 a barrel. The UK won’t send warships, as Trump demanded over the weekend. Instead, London is betting on two drone systems it already has in service or production to…

Rafael SuárezMar 17

drones drone uas uav coast guard Shield AI V-BAT

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Shield AI’s V-BAT Already Has a Weapons Deal — So Why Is Co-Founder Brandon Tseng Still Arguing Against Armed Drones?

The V-BAT has flown more than 60 miles into Russian-controlled airspace through layered GPS jamming, spotted a Buk-M1 surface-to-air missile system, and handed targeting data to HIMARS crews who destroyed it. That mission — pure intelligence, zero ordnance on the drone itself — is exactly the point Shield AI co-founder Brandon Tseng wants people to understand. The…

Haye KestelooFeb 27

Ukraine Says Drones Now Destroy Over 80% of Enemy Targets, and Moscow Is Not Amused

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Algorithm Warfare Is Here: How $500 Commercial Drones Are Beating $5 Million Tanks and What the Pentagon Must Do Next

A soldier in a trench, wearing a $300 pair of FPV goggles and holding a hobbyist controller, can guide a commercial drone carrying a $500 payload into a $5 million tank. The math is brutal and it only moves in one direction.

Haye KestelooFeb 27

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Drone and Missile Build-Up Tightens Taiwan Perimeter

The Army’s Typhon Mid Range Capability system capable of firing Tomahawk and SM 6 missiles, and MQ-9 Reaper drones

Rafael SuárezFeb 24

Department of Homeland Security

Mexican Cartels Launch 221 Drone Attacks

Mexican drug cartels are no longer just trafficking narcotics across borders. They are building a low cost air force, as Small Wars Journal reports. A new report from the National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education Center, based at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, documents 221 weaponized drone incidents in Mexico between 2021 and 2025.…

Rafael SuárezFeb 19

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