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Drone news Aug-Sept: Hypersonic weapons, France and Houthis
BBC: Hypersonic weapons Hypersonic drones could be one avenue countries are now approaching, according to new reports. "James Acton is a UK physicist who works for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. Surveying the efforts of the US, China and Russia in hypersonic weapons he concludes that 'there's a whole zoo of hypersonic …
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Drone news: US airstrike in Somalia
The US carried out a drone strike in Somalia in late August, an August 27 report says. 6 Al-Shabab members were killed in the strike. Tensions on India border with Pakistan included claims that the Pakistanis had interdicted a quadcopter. https://twitter.com/khalid_pk/status/1297486637325103104
Hezbollah claims to down Israeli drone
As tensions continue between Israel and Hezbollah the Lebanese group claimed to have downed an Israeli drone in late August. There was also video of the downing. Hezbollah has said it reserves the right to attack Israel after a July 20 incident in which one of its members was killed in Syria.
Israel’s new Ninox 40 drone and SpearUAV’s tactical concept
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Israel is continuing to pioneer tactical drones. One of them is the Ninox 40 which Spear UAV in Tel Aviv has rolled out. This encapsulated drone can be launched from a tube, like firing a flare or smoke grenade and it can loiter for 40 minutes. It could revolutionize the battlefield, …
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Turkish drones near greek islands
See social media posts about this, https://twitter.com/ItaMilRadar/status/1294731320770400263
Is this the first Gaza baloon ‘drone’
An image appeared on social media showing a Gaza baloon-carrying 'drone' https://twitter.com/manniefabian/status/1295282178406916097
US drones crash above Idlib
Reports that drones crashed over Idlib province on Tuesday, August 18. Military Times notes " The U.S. lost two drones over Syria Tuesday after a midair collision, a defense official tells Military Times. Images of burning aircraft crashing to the ground were posted on Twitter Tuesday. There was speculation that the aircraft were MQ-9 Reapers …
Military drone news August 2020
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN SINAI: A drone crashed in north Sinai. It looks like an RQ-20 Puma. The drone would have been used by the Egyptian military against the ISIS ongoing insurgency in Sinai. The drone that crashed in Egypt FRANCE: The French are getting more tools to counter drones. The French Ministry of Defense …
Israel: A drone entered the Galilee
The IDF says: "Overnight, IDF troops identified a drone which infiltrated into Israeli airspace in the Mount Hermon area, along the Israeli side of the Blue Line. The drone was monitored and downed by the IDF. IDF troops are conducting searches in the area. The IDF is on elevated preparedness in the North and will …
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