China Builds World’s First Dedicated Drone Carrier
According to J. Michael Dahm, Senior Resident Fellow at the Mitchell Institute and Naval News, China has built the world’s first dedicated drone carrier. A new aircraft carrier is tucked away far upriver from the big yards at Shanghai, in a shipyard on the Yangtze. It’s the fourth ship built in China, and no one […]
Insider Account Of Iran’s Strikes On Israel
Mahmoud Nabavian, an Iranian MP, provided insights into Iran’s “True Promise” retaliatory drone and missile strikes following Israel’s bombing of Iran’s consulate in Damascus. He highlights Iran’s legal justification for the response. Mahmoud Nabavian, an Iranian member of parliament and the principalist who secured the most votes in Tehran during the country’s March elections, provided […]
Did Iran Just Give Drone Submarines To Yemen’s Houthis
According to Mick Mulroy, an ABC News national security and defense analyst, Iran has provided drone submarines to Yemen’s Houthis. Iran’s ties to Yemen Along with ballistic missiles, the Houthis have already begun using aerial and sea drones (also known as boat/surface drones) against foreign ships and vessels in the Red Sea. As reported, there […]
Israel’s Drone War: How IDF Uses UAVs In Gaza
Israel is one of the few countries with fully functional domestic drone development and production capabilities, and in the Gaza war, Israel extensively used UAVs. It appears that the fighting in Gaza between the Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian militants led by Hamas will rank among the worst Arab-Israeli confrontations in the Jewish State’s seventy-five-year […]
Israel Assassinates Deputy Head Of Hamas In Drone Attack On Beirut Suburb
According to several sources, the Deputy Head of Hamas Saleh al-Arouri was assassinated by Israel in a drone attack on the Beirut Suburb of Dahiyeh. Political officer Saleh al-Arouri’s death has now been formally announced by Hamas. Although the strike has been confirmed previously by several sources, including Israeli media, the IDF has not officially […]
Drone Set Oil Tanker On Fire Off The Coast Of Gujarat
A drone attack near the coast of Gujarat caused a fire aboard the Liberian-flagged oil tanker MV Chem Pluto. According to news agency ANI, which cited defense authorities, there were twenty Indians on the ship that was struck by a drone off the coast of Gujarat. The incident occurred a few days after a sailor […]
US Warship Intercepts Drone Fired From Yemen Against Israel
The Pentagon has reported that the US warship USS Thomas Hudner has intercepted a drone fired from Yemen against Israel. A rocket fired towards southern Israel by Houthi rebels in Yemen was intercepted by a US Navy destroyer in the Red Sea region for just the second time since the beginning of the Gaza War […]
Iran Unveils New Drone Capable Of Reaching Israel
This week, Iran’s military revealed a new drone, claiming it matches the United States’ MQ-9 Reaper drone and can easily reach Iran’s main rival, Israel. Iran says the Mohajer-10 drone can stay in the air for 24 hours. They showcased it at the Defense Industry Day conference. President Ebrahim Raisi inspected the drone in person […]
AI-Operated Drone Goes Wild, Kills Human Operator In US Army Simulator Test
Col. Tucker ‘Cinco’ Hamilton, the Chief of AI Test and Operations with the US Air Force, told The Guardian that an AI-operated drone went wild and killed a human operator in a US Army simulator test. The tech experts were not entirely wrong when they called AI a threat to humankind and likened its dangers […]
Watch: Chinese Tech Firm Mounts Drone On Car And Flies It
A video posted by Chinese tech startup firm XPeng shows it mounting a drone on a car and flying it ahead of Alef Aeronautics of California.