Drones

A U.S. military official told Reuters on Monday that American and anti-ISIS coalition forces in northeastern Syria were attacked at least four times over the past 24 hours, including three rocket and drone strikes on Sunday night. The attacks were almost certainly launched by Iranian proxy forces.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen shot down a $30 million U.S. MQ-9 “Reaper” drone operating in international airspace.

Nechirvan Barzani, president of the Kurdistan Region in Iraq, on Tuesday demanded Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani put an end to Iran-backed Shiite militia attacks on bases housing U.S. personnel.

Iran-backed Shiite militia forces in Iraq on Tuesday claimed credit for launching explosive-laden drones at bases housing U.S. forces.

CENTCOM reports two dozen U.S. personnel were injured during drone attacks by Iran-backed militia groups in Iraq and Syria last week.

Two military bases in Iraq that host U.S. and coalition forces were attacked with rockets and drones on Thursday, in an apparent effort by Iran-controlled Shiite militias to make good on their threats to attack American interests if the U.S. continues to support Israel against the terrorists of Hamas.

New Scientist on Friday claimed that Ukrainian attack drones “are now finding and attacking targets without human assistance.”

The Pentagon confirmed that American armed forces shot down a Turkish drone near Hasakah, Syria, as it posed a ‘potential threat’ to a nearby U.S. base.

Russia targeted Ukraine with drones in another massive attack early Thursday as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Spain.

The attack appeared to be Kyiv´s largest single cross-border drone assault reported by Moscow since it launched its invasion 20 months ago.

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) reported Friday that China is now the research leader in 19 critical high-tech fields, compared to only four for the United States.

Romanian villagers received warnings to urgently take shelter from falling Ukraine war debris and are being provided air-raid bunkers.

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday approved a $5 billion sale of advanced F-35 fighter jets to South Korea.

NATO member Romania found new Russian drone fragments on its territory Saturday near the border with war-torn Ukraine.

The Pentagon said on Thursday it will “reposition” troops and equipment in Niger, and withdraw some “non-essential personnel,” due to “an abundance of caution” as the security situation deteriorates. 

The Russian missile that struck Wednesday in eastern Ukraine turned an outdoor market into a fiery, blackened ruin.

Russia said its forces destroyed three Ukrainian naval drones being used in an attempt to attack a key bridge linking Russia to Crimea.

Strikes across Russia overnight are the largest of the Ukraine war so far, reports claim, and hit targets as far away as northeastern Europe.

The United States and Turkey held their largest joint military exercise in seven years last week, including Turkish F-16 fighters flying alongside American F-18s and a port call by the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford.

A new drone attack on Moscow forced a temporary shutdown of all three major airports serving the city, Russian state media reported

Russia and Ukraine traded drone attacks early Wednesday, officials said, with Kyiv apparently targeting Moscow again.

Ukraine’s regular drone strikes on Moscow are a legitimate act of self-defence “within the framework of international law”, Germany says

Orban has portrayed himself as being “on the side of peace” in the war, but on Friday said that “for peace, you must have strength.”

Russian air defenses shot down a Ukrainian drone over central Moscow early Friday and some fragments fell on an exposition center, they said.

Ukraine showing off the self-developed explosive sea drones it says it has used against the Crimea bridge and Russian ships. 

Russia thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow-annexed Crimea overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.

Cartel gunmen in western Mexico expanded the use of weaponized drones to drop improvised explosive devices on their rivals. The use of commercially available drones to deliver explosives is now commonplace in the rural areas of Michoacan and Jalisco. Mexico’s government has been unable to stop rival criminal organizations as they fight to control lucrative drug production and trafficking routes.

Attack disrupted flights at two Russian airports, with Moscow claimign they shot down two drones overnight.

Ukraine says it considers all Russian transport vessels in the Black Sea legitimate targets, the “weakest link” in Russia’s supply lines.

India has quietly banned its growing domestic drone industry from using Chinese parts due to fears of security vulnerabilities.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian arrived in Japan on Monday with a somewhat enigmatic agenda that reportedly includes a meeting with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio.

Ukrainian drones hit a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea late Friday night, according to Russian officials.

The Chinese government announced on Monday that it will tighten export restrictions on high-performance drones with potential military applications, in order to “safeguard national security and interests.”

The Economist on Wednesday reported the Ukrainian military has found an innovative way to meet its need for more ammunition: using 3D printers to manufacture the components for over 30,000 bombs over the past four months, at a cost of less than four dollars per bomb.

In the wake of the latest drone attacks on Moscow, Ukrainian President Zelensky said it is “absolutely fair” to attack targets within Russia.

Bolivian Defense Minister Edmundo Novillo disclosed on Tuesday details pertaining to the cooperation agreement his country signed with Iran last week amid national security concerns from Argentina regarding growing Iranian influence in the region.