The Future Of American Drone Warfare
• https://www.zerohedge.com, by Adam SharpWhile the war with Iran might be nearing a resolution, the war in Ukraine is heating up.
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While the war with Iran might be nearing a resolution, the war in Ukraine is heating up.
China is working on a military vehicle concept that could allow a tank to remain underwater for up to two hours, potentially giving its armed forces a new way to approach enemy coastlines during amphibious operations, according to the South China Mor
Individual soldiers are getting their own drone protection as Danish defense company MyDefence rolls out Wingman Edge: a wearable that can detect drones by their control radio signals at a distance of up to 3.73 miles (6 km).
The enormous expansion of drone warfare is forcing militaries to reconsider how much ammunition they can afford to fire at relatively cheap targets.
The U.S. Army's McAlester Army Ammunition Plant in Oklahoma, one of the country's main bomb-making sites, will manufacture and load explosive payloads for drones built by Perennial Autonomy, the drone company backed by former Google CEO Eric Schm
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The U.S. Army's McAlester Army Ammunition Plant is a massive munitions plant located in southeastern Oklahoma and will soon be producing warheads for former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's suicide drone arsenal.
Back in July, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda declared that his country must be part of the NATO alliance's nuclear sharing program: "We would like to be the integral part of this nuclear deterrence," he had said at the time.
Military aviation and defense news website The Aviationist reports that a US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet returned from Operation Epic Fury carrying a "Sub Buster" marking, raising the possibility that a carrier-based fighter jet was credited with an Ir
US defense company Neros Technologies, which focuses on Category 1 one-way attack drones, was awarded a $100 million contract under the Department of War's Drone Dominance Program for 14,000 drones and explosive payloads.
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Here's what White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said a mere week ago on the rationale for the US attacking Iran: "The President is courageously ensuring that such an evil country never possesses a nuclear weapon, which will make the entire world safe
Beyond nuclear, the "powering up America" theme, AI, and the more recent "own the bottlenecks" theme, we have also outlined incoming tailwinds for drone and counter-UAS companies as the Department of War adapts to the wars in Ukraine and the Gulf are
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"Then the attempts to arrest our ships & vessels. All this is an escalation."
...with war like capabilities built to scale autonomous and robotic capabilities across the joint force"
...As Defense Stocks Suffer Record Losing Streak. What do you get when you put the world's first trillionaire, the man who builds killer drones in Ohio, and a former House Speaker in a room and ask them to design the next century of warfare? Accordin
Trump pointed to his personal rapport with Kim Jong Un and accused previous US presidents of failing to prevent North Korea from developing its nuclear capabilities
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Following up with the US government's policy of providing Israel with a qualitative and quantitative military advantage in the Middle East, Israel is demanding compensation in the form of new and advanced military equipment after the US announcement
The military-technical developments there aim to greatly mitigate Russia's nuclear second-strike capabilities via the Golden Dome in parallel with posing an unprecedented fifth-generation aerial threat via the F-35As that'll outmatch Russia's Su-57s
When assessing Israel's recent demand for 40,000 MK-84 and BLU-117 2000 pound of munitions, I misspoke in an interview this week. I left out the 20,000 I-2000 penetrator bombs they also requested, and assumed that Israel couldn't drop those munit
...for deploying drones and snipers
The US is committed to maintaining Israel's military edge in West Asia at the expense of its Arab and Turkish allies.
The proposed deal includes 48 F-35 fighter jets, 49 Pratt & Whitney engines, communications equipment, spare parts and other support items