Ukraine: MoD receives quadcopters from Danish Refugee Council to enhance demining quality control

The Danish Refugee Council (DRC) has provided the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence with additional technical and logistical support to reinforce four demining quality control teams. Defence Ministry specialists will use quadcopters and other equipment for demining quality control in areas Read More …

Bulgarian Navy destroys drone with mortar attached found near coastal village

A Bulgarian Navy specialist team destroyed a drone that had an 82mm high-explosive mortar attached to it, found near the village of Tyulenovo on Bulgaria’s northern Black Sea coast, according to a Defence Ministry statement on September 18. The find Read More …

Russia: Oil pipeline administrative building damaged by explosion in Pskov Region

An explosion occurred in Pskov Region’s Nevelsky District Saturday morning, damaging an oil pipeline administrative building, Governor Mikhail Vedernikov reported, adding that no one was injured in the incident. “According to preliminary information, the building was damaged in an attack Read More …

The Jordanian Army shoots down an explosive-laden drone coming from Syria

The Jordanian army announced in a statement that the Border Guard forces shot down yesterday a drone coming from Syria that tried to cross the kingdom’s borders while it was carrying hand grenades and a rifle. The statement quoted an Read More …

US Military: Iranian drone hit Israeli-owned tanker in Arabian Sea

At least one Iranian drone targeted an Israeli-linked commercial shipping tanker in the Arabian Sea on Feb. 10, causing minor damage, a US military official familiar with the incident confirmed to Al-Monitor on Friday. The official said the United States Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: Drone-dropped perfume bottle-based improvised explosive device recovered by police

Jammu and Kashmir’s police said they had achieved a significant breakthrough on January 21, 2023, in Narwal, Jammu blast case by arresting a banned Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist, who is a government employee and from his possession of a sophisticated “perfume IED” Read More …

Iran: Isfahan military facility attacked with quadcopters equipped with bomblets

Earlier today, the Iranian Defense Ministry in a statement said that its air defense units have repelled a drone attack on a military workshop in the central city of Isfahan. The ministry stated that one of its workshop complexes had Read More …

Drones manufactured in China commonly used in America now pose a huge national security threat

While Joe Biden apparently cozied up to the Chinese Communist Party in his shady business dealings with his son Hunter, we are now seeing a disturbing trend taking hold in the U.S. as hundreds of so-called “recreational drones” manufactured by Read More …

Yemen: Houthis stage attack on Al Dhaba oil port in first after truce

Attack was carried out by two drones but did not lead to casualties or damage, government says, warning “all options” are on the table in response to the raid. Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed an attack on a southern oil Read More …

FBI probing cases of bomb-laden drones in US

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday the agency is investigating several cases in which people sought to fly drones equipped with home-made bombs within the United States. “We are investigating, even as we speak, several instances within the US of Read More …

Arabian Sea: Drone hits Israeli-linked tanker off the coast of Oman

An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by an Iranian bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman amid heightened tensions with Tehran, officials said Wednesday. Meanwhile, Greece said Iran freed two Greek oil tankers held by Read More …

FBI warns drones pose potential risk to critical infrastructure after some spotted over Louisiana chemical facilities

Drones have been spotted flying over Louisiana chemical facilities and a pipeline over the past year and a half, prompting an FBI warning on Thursday about the potential for espionage and terrorism at critical infrastructure facilities, according to a report Read More …

Al Shabaab drones, and the African conundrum

The proliferation of drone technology across Africa has significantly expanded humanitarian, and military operations, although, still an emerging technology in the continent, however, in the hands of non-state armed groups, they pose a significant threat. The combat drone was once Read More …

Northern Iraq: Explosive drone detonates in Erbil

A drone exploded in Iraq’s northern city of Erbil on Wednesday injuring three people and damaging several cars, according to a statement by Kurdistan’s counter-terrorism service. The explosive drone detonated on Pirmam road in Erbil’s outskirts at 9:35 p.m. Iraq Read More …

Jammu and Kashmir: 3 magnetic IEDs recovered from shot down drone in Dayaran area

Ahead of the annual Amarnath pilgrimage, police shot down a Pakistani drone carrying three magnetic improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along the International Border (IB) in Kanachak sector of Akhnoor in Jammu on Monday night. Police said the drone was shot Read More …

Video shows rigged Ukrainian drone dropping bomb on Russian troops

Ukrainian forces fighting against Russia’s invasion have begun to weaponize cheap consumer drones to fight back. A video published by Ukrainian forces on Telegram and shared on Twitter by Rob Lee, shows the view from a civilian-grade DJI Mavic drone Read More …

Croatia: Remnants of aerial bomb found in drone that crashed in Zagreb

Remnants of an aerial bomb have been found in the Soviet-era drone that crashed in Southwest Zagreb late on Thursday, as Defence Minister Mario Banožić said on Sunday. “Traces of an explosive device have been found, indicating that this was Read More …

Arab Coalition intercepts Houthi drone launched from Yemen targeting Saudi Arabia

The Arab Coalition announced late Tuesday night that its forces had intercepted and destroyed an explosives-laden drone launched by the Iran-backed Houthi militia toward Saudi Arabia. The thwarted attack comes a day after a fuel transport ship was subject to Read More …