Ukraine, Iran and drone
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The family of fallen U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Declan Coady shared heartfelt memories after the 20-year-old Drake student was killed in an Iranian drone attack in Kuwait.
The U.S. military will test a high-energy laser weapon at White Sands Missile Range, designed to disable drones.
The U.S. military and its allies across the Middle East are struggling to combat Iran’s swarms of cheap attack drones as the war enters its second week. Pentagon officials this past week reportedly conceded in closed-door briefings with lawmakers that waves of Iranian-launched drones are punching through air defenses,
There is some irony in the fact that America’s LUCAS drone—now being used to strike targets across Iran—is virtually a copy of Iran’s indigenously designed Shahed drone.
After two high-profile incidents, the US Defense Department and Federal Aviation Administration are planning a joint test of a laser system this weekend designed to shoot down drones, according to a statement from the military.
Beskrestnov warned that interceptor drones may "turn out to be useless" in the next phase, calling for new research into countering faster Shaheds.
The U.S. military used a laser Thursday to shoot down a “seemingly threatening” drone flying near the U.S.-Mexico border. It turned out the drone belonged to Customs and Border Protection, lawmakers said.
U.S. Army Sgt. Javon Purchner, a 13F Joint Fire Support Specialist with the 1st Cavalry Division, was named the Army’s first Best
The US military said early Friday that an Iranian drone carrier was attacked and set ablaze. The message from the US military’s Central Command showed black-and-white footage of the carrier ablaze after multiple strikes hit it.
The apparent friendly fire incident prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to quickly close some airspace near the border.
Soldiers faced off in a mid-February competition to find the best drone operators. The Army has noticed that gamers often do it best.
A drone hit a US military base near Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi media reported, citing security sources. No damage was reported in the attack, which comes amid a regional escalation following the