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The U.S. Air Force is preparing to add 1,000 artificial intelligence (AI) jets to its fleet as part of a $6 billion contract.

A drone crashed into an apartment building in St. Petersburg Saturday morning, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.

Germany inadvertently attempted to shoot down a U.S. Reaper drone on Tuesday night, but the missiles malfunctioned and fell into the sea. 

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Counterterrorism, held a hearing on Tuesday to discuss the Houthi terror attacks on Red Sea shipping.

The leader of the Iran-backed Houthis of Yemen says the terror campaign against Red Sea shipping is “continuing, escalating, and effective.”

India’s leading drone manufacturer IdeaForge is making a play for U.S. business with a line of light, high-endurance drones engineered to fly in the thin atmosphere and harsh climate of the Himalayas.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has “taken delivery of sophisticated homegrown kamikaze and combat unmanned aerial vehicles,” Iran state media said.

Russian forces launched 45 drones over Ukraine Sunday, as President Volodymyr Zelensky continued the reshuffle of his war cabinet.

A Russian drone strike on Kharkiv killed at least seven people, including three children, the region’s governor Oleh Syniehubov said.

Turkish superstar drone manufacturer Baykar has broken ground on a new factory near Kyiv, Ukraine, that will manufacture the company’s popular armed drones, which the Ukrainians have used to great effect against Russian invaders.

The South Korean Ministry of National Defense on Tuesday announced Saudi Arabia has agreed to purchase a $3.2 billion surface-to-air missile defense system, while China gushed that its weapons “attracted great interest” from the Saudis at a defense show in Riyadh over the weekend. The Saudis are also making strides with indigenously produced military systems, perhaps marking the definitive end of the Kingdom’s dependence upon the United States for defense products.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen may be considering an attack on undersea Internet cables in the Red Sea.

Ukraine claims to have sunk a Soviet-era missile corvette in the Black Sea, releasing footage showing a swarm bombing the ship and it sinking.

American forces were caught by surprise when an enemy drone struck a Jordan military facility, indicating the military needs to up its tech.

North Korea announced on Friday that it tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone that could theoretically wipe out port cities.

A Ukrainian drone struck an oil storage depot in western Russia on Friday, causing a massive blaze, officials said.

The Indian Navy rescued a U.S.-owned merchant ship from a drone attack launched by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen.

Nuclear-armed Pakistan on Wednesday warned that Iran will face “serious consequences” for a wanton missile strike on the Balochistan region.

The Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen said on Monday that American and British airstrikes will not deter them from attacking civilian ships in the Red Sea. Instead, they vowed to “end U.S. hegemony forever” with retaliatory action.

Indian Navy Chief of Staff Adm.R Hari Kumar said on Wednesday that India is beefing up its Arabian Sea naval presence to intimidate pirates.

Threats to shipping continued to escalate on Thursday, as an explosive-packed drone boat launched by the Houthi terrorists of Yemen exploded in the Red Sea, while a group of as-yet unidentified but possibly Somali pirates stormed a Liberian-flagged merchant ship near the coast of Somalia.

Russian air defenses downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in occupied Crimea and southern Russia on Friday, officials said.

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI), an umbrella organization of Iran-backed Shiite militia groups in Iraq, claimed responsibility on Monday for attacking Israel’s Red Sea port city of Eilat.

Danish shipping giant Maersk suspended Red Sea shipping again on Sunday, calling a 48-hour pause to reconsider its plans for resuming Suez Canal routes after the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen attacked one of its container ships.

President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that Russia would feel the “wrath” of Ukraine in the new year with the arrival of Western F-16 jets.

Russia launched a fresh drone assault on Ukraine on Saturday night, after promising retaliation over strikes on the border city of Belgorod.

Thirty-two Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia on Saturday, the Kremlin said, a day after a barrage across Ukraine killed 32.

Poland says a Russian missile participating in this morning’s massive air strike on Ukraine spent three minutes in NATO airspace. 

Air Force commander Oleshchuk said it was “the most massive aerial attack” since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

2023 was a landmark year for drone warfare as the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) became increasingly widespread among combatants of every size and ideology.

Zelensky says Ukraine will build one million ‘suicide drones’ in 2024, and the country says it is churning out tens of thousands a month.

The leader of the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen said his forces would attack U.S. warships in the Red Sea.

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen vowed to continue attacking Red Sea shipping despite a U.S.-led international security coalition.

BP on Monday joined the growing list of companies that have halted or restricted shipping through the Red Sea due to terrorist attacks by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen.

Russia and Ukraine launched over a dozen drones at each other´s territory for a second straight day Sunday.

The Maersk shipping company suspended shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait after Houthi terrorists launched a string of attacks.