Military drone wars news: Oct 20-27, 2020

A Houthi Qasef 2K was used recently according to reports October 27 Qasef Houthi drone attacks reported on Abha in Saudi Arabia.Long Range Strike Bomber B-21 models could foreshadow future stealth drone designs (see image)A patent for a new UAV with sweepforward twin-fuselage in China.Report that Russian technology helped down nine Azerbaijan drones. This is …

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Drone News Oct 8-20

Iran arms embargo ends as Tehran says it eyes exports, Iran has had major advances in drones in recent years. Rafael Advanced Defense Systems in Israel shows off new technology at Euronaval 2020: "The NRWS C-UAS capitalizes on Rafael's world-renowned, long-standing Typhoon family of combat-proven naval defence solutions. The NRWS C-UAS incorporates a diverse mix …

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Drone news Oct 4-7: Armenia-Azerbaijan fighting, drone sales,

News about the use of UAVs in conflict continues, especially with the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict. Article at RUSI: Despite the heavy Armenian armoured losses, the key lessons from the videos Azerbaijan has published online are not about armour. Rather, they reflect how the density of sensors on the modern battlefield is changing the balance in combined arms warfare. …

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Drone news Oct 1-4

More strikes by Azerbaijan. https://twitter.com/Natsecjeff/status/1312347949700186112 Armenia claims to have shot down 107 drones U.S. Air Force MQ-9A Reaper drone is getting nearly double the amount of firepower, due to a new software upgrade that enables the aircraft to carry eight Hellfire missiles instead of four. Israel's Harop destroys tanks used by Azerbaijan. https://twitter.com/immortalone111/status/1311052323872014337?s=21 From what I have found that's, …

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Drone news Sept 26-Oct 1: Azerbaijan drones, new Iran footage

Aeronautics releases new video of Orbiter 4 Drone news over the last week has been pronounced as Azerbaijan and Armenia clashed. Armenia says 55 drones have been shot down, including 6 on October 1. There is little evidence of this. However evidence is emerging of the effective use of Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones and also …

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