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Biden Tells Bibi: US Will Not Support A Counterattack Against Iran After Hundreds Of Drones, Missiles Sent
Biden Tells Bibi: US Will Not Support A Counterattack Against Iran After Hundreds Of Drones, Missiles Sent SATURDAY, APR 13, 2024 – 11:59 PM Update(Midnight ET): It is just after 7am Israel local time and Israel’s military is reporting the Iranian attack has stopped, several hours after Iran said its ‘limited’ operation has “concluded” – which […]
Technology that “empowers the individual” can threaten all of us
Technology that “empowers the individual” can threaten all of us Whenever I hear about a new technology that “empowers the individual,” I know that one thing is likely to be true about it: It will soon (if not already) be turned to negative and harmful ends. And yet, we as a society keep falling for […]
US, European Cities Turn to “Talking Drones” From China to Enforce Social Distancing
US, European Cities Turn to “Talking Drones” From China to Enforce Social Distancing “STOP gathering, disperse and go home.” (TMU) — As an increasing amount of cities and states across the world clamp down on citizen movement due to the coronavirus, officials have been deploying drones in a bid to scare some sense into social distancing scofflaws. […]
Watch: How China Is Enforcing The Corona Quarantine By Drone
Watch: How China Is Enforcing The Corona Quarantine By Drone China has found new ways to respond to coronavirus that has shut down at least two-thirds of its economy, taken offline some of the world’s largest manufacturing hubs, and quarantined more than 50 million people. The country is using drones, specifically DJI drones with front-mounted speakers, to […]
We’re Ready For “Full-Fledged” War: Iran Responds To US Accusation It Launched Saudi Oil Attack
We’re Ready For “Full-Fledged” War: Iran Responds To US Accusation It Launched Saudi Oil Attack After the United States was quick to point the finger at Iran for the early Saturday explosions that rocked Abqaiq facility and the Khurais field — forcing production to be shut and with it 5.7 million barrels a day of oil production lost — Iran has warned it […]
Trump Messaged Iran With Last Second Opening For Talks Just Before Calling Off Strikes: Report
Trump Messaged Iran With Last Second Opening For Talks Just Before Calling Off Strikes: Report More dramatic details have trickled out this morning surrounding last night’s US military strike operations on Iran, which were reportedly called off at the last moment by President Trump even as American ships and missile batteries were in position, even including planes in the […]
Kremlin Vows “Retaliatory Steps” Against “Aggressive” US Troop, Drone Build-up In Poland
Kremlin Vows “Retaliatory Steps” Against “Aggressive” US Troop, Drone Build-up In Poland Russian lawmakers have said the new US-Poland joint declaration unveiled yesterday, which will see 1,000 more US troops sent to Poland from Germany along with military drones, will force the Kremlin to take “retaliatory steps” against what the Russian parliamentary statement called US “further large-scale deployments”. One […]
NYPD To Deploy Drones For The First Time To Secure New Year’s Party
NYPD To Deploy Drones For The First Time To Secure New Year’s Party In a world where pesky drones are becoming an increasingly greater nuisance – see the embarrassment that was last week’s Gatwick airport shutdown– the NYPD is taking the other side and is ramping up security for the city’s annual New Year’s Eve […]
Drones for Christmas
Drones for Christmas I’m beginning to think that unmanned aerial vehicles—usually referred to as drones—are going to be next year’s must-have Christmas gift after their stunning Christmas-time performance at London’s Gatwick Airport. For those who missed the excitement, mysterious drones appeared at Gatwick last week and shut down the entire airport for three days as […]
Israel’s Gabriella Blum Helped Write the Laws of Drone Warfare. Nearly Two Decades Later, She Has Regrets.
Israel’s Gabriella Blum Helped Write the Laws of Drone Warfare. Nearly Two Decades Later, She Has Regrets. IN 1991, WHEN Gabriella Blum was 16 years old, the Israel Defense Forces suggested she go see the world. She’d skipped first grade and subsequently graduated high school in Tel Aviv early — too early to start the mandatory […]
Deadly Chinese Drones Now Lurk Above Mideast Battlefields
Deadly Chinese Drones Now Lurk Above Mideast Battlefields Across the Middle East, countries banned from purchasing armed drones from the US due to a weapons embargo are increasingly gravitating towards Chinese defense manufacturers, according to a new report from the Associated Press, sales that “are helping expand Chinese influence across a region vital to American […]
“The Threat Is With Us Today”: US Powerless Against Weaponized Drone Attacks, DHS Warns
“The Threat Is With Us Today”: US Powerless Against Weaponized Drone Attacks, DHS Warns The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is asking Congress for more powers to combat against malicious drones that could threaten the US. Top intelligence officials are increasingly concerned about the use of transporting narcotics via drones by drug cartels and weaponized […]
Has The Era Of Autonomous Warfare Finally Arrived?
Has The Era Of Autonomous Warfare Finally Arrived? The global arms race for the latest weapons of war is a naturally escalating cycle of countries pursuing ways to dominate the battlefield of the future. Increasingly, that battlefield is a matrix of soldiers with traditional weapons, robots, drones and cyberweapons. Until this point, command over this […]
For The First Time Ever, A Drone Shoots Down Another Drone In Unmanned Air-To-Air Combat
For The First Time Ever, A Drone Shoots Down Another Drone In Unmanned Air-To-Air Combat SkyNet is one step closer to reality. A US Reaper drone shot down another with a missile, the Air Force said on Tuesday. The incident, which took place in November of last year and involved an unmanned target drone, was […]
