"A riveting account of one of the most significant developments in contemporary warfare – the evolution and proliferation of drones. This is a very important book." – General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), former Commander of the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and Coalition and US Forces in Afghanistan, and former Director of the CIA
Al-khaleej has picked up the National story about Houthi drones: "The growing Houthi threat to the Gulf has been examined by other analysts at RUSI. Justin Bronk, a Research Fellow for Airpower and Technology at the London-based institution, said: 'While it’s low tech – that’s a benefit. If you want to enable your proxies - …
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A drone alleged to be from Pakistan was shot down by the Border Security Force, India. Reports claimed on June 20, 2020 that "Pakistani drone shot down by BSF along IB in Jammu and Kashmir carried a highly sophisticated rifle, two magazines, 60 rounds and seven grenades: Officials." The drone with six rotors appeared to …
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On June 20 an airstrike, alleged to be a from a drone, was reported in Syria near Al-Bab which is in the areas controlled by Turkey. It his a motorcycle. A thread provides some discussion of what happened, alleging it was carried out against an ISIS member and used the "ninja" missile AGM-114 R9X. https://twitter.com/WithinSyriaBlog/status/1274280728579264513 …
An article at Drone Life notes: "Recent contract for Black Hornets is an addition to the $39.7 million contract that the U.S. Army awarded FLIR in January of last year. The Black Hornets are designed to be used as part of the Army’s Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) program." This illustrates that the US is still …
A report revealed that drones were used to monitor protests in the US. "Remember that drone in Minneapolis? It was part of a nationwide operation that sent helicopters, airplanes and drones over 15 cities where demonstrators gathered to protest the death of George Floyd, logging at least 270 hours of surveillance." https://twitter.com/KannoYoungs/status/1274097630000435200 See this: https://twitter.com/JetTipNet/status/1266405487739895814
After clashes in Ladakh there is talk of drones being deployed. "Hindustan Times citing the Global Times (GT) says that China’s newly-developed helicopter-drone could be deployed on the India-China border. The AR500C unmanned helicopter is outfitted to carry out strikes and interrupt electronic communication at heights over 15,000 feet."Which drone? The AVIC "China’s first unmanned …
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An image posted online by the Iraqi group Osbat al-Thaereen appears to show them holding drones. https://twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/1273484424059944961
The National reports: "Reverse proliferation: Iranians then took the Houthi manufactured drones to the launch area in Iran – opposite the Kuwait border – and used them alongside their own cruise missiles as part of a 'plausible deniability' operation against Saudi." Read the full article.
During a recent airstrike over Idlib video of a US drone was captured. https://twitter.com/towersight/status/1272207996114948096
Turkey appeared to show an Anka drone in a discussion about its recent offensive into Iraq.
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