Drones

Ukraine's military has described the "effective" weapons its fighters are using to fend off drone attacks from Russian forces. Kyiv's soldiers use large-caliber machine guns to shoot down the slow-moving, low-flying Shahed drones, Lt. Gen. Serhiy Nayev, of the Command of the United Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,…

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) stated that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin dodging questions on whether the U.S. altered where it operates drones over the Black Sea in the wake of Russia forcing down an American drone is “an admission…

The DJI Avata is one of my favourite drones, DJI’s second FPV drone offers a small, light and nimble drone, complete with prop guards, it’s not only great to learn FPV, but also robust enough to handle the learning process. The Goggles that shipped with the Avatar were also the…

Ukrainian officials announced Tuesday that more than 2,200 FPV kamikaze drones will be purchased for combat, thanks to a private fundraising effort. According to a Telegram post from Mykhailo Fedorov, vice prime minister for innovations, development of education, science and technology, nearly $1.6 million was raised through UNITED24, a private…

# Careful Now Gardaí and DAA share leaflets warning people not to fly drones near Dublin Airport Dublin Airport has been closed six times in the past two months as a result of drones entering the airspace. GARDAÍ AND THE DAA have begun distributing information leaflets to homes and businesses…

Russia's Defence Ministry says Moscow has test-fired anti-ship missiles in the Sea of Japan. Credit: Russian Defence Ministry Press Service Russia claims to have shot down a "smart bomb" reportedly supplied to Ukrainian forces by the US to double Kyiv's battlefield firing range. The Ground-launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) is…

(Reuters) -Ukrainian authorities said air defences shot down Russian drones near Kyiv on Monday and falling debris set a non-residential site ablaze, but no casualties were found. Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv city military administration, said Russia had launched 12 drones towards Kyiv but Ukraine’s air defence forces had…

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Image source, Reuters Image caption, Russia Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu A Ukrainian drone has been shot down by Russian air defences, Moscow has said. The drone came down in the town of Kireyevsk - some 400km (249 miles) from the Ukraine border - on Sunday, the defence ministry announced. Russian…

A series of drone incidents triggered investigations after sightings over or near UK military bases last year, newly released files show. The cases recorded by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) included a pilot reporting an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at 20,000ft.  Another incident concerns a drone, believed to have been a quadcopter, which…