"Ukraine Targets Two Russian Oil Refineries and a Metallurgical Plant, Sources Say
Ukrainian drones attacked the Volgograd oil refinery for the second time in the last two days. Today's attack was confirmed by regional governor Andrii Bocharov."
Threats from drones must cause headaches for security people at all large public events nowadays , technology developed on the battlefields of Ukraine can easily be applied by terrorists in an urban context. #drones#geopolitics#terrorism
Chilling article from Zeteo on Israel’s use of armed quadcopters in Gaza and the future development of such warfare.
"The point here is not that armed quadcopters like those the Israeli military reportedly uses in Gaza are unprecedented. It's that they are very, very precedented, to the degree that they have the aura of inevitability"
A Ukrainian serviceman from an anti-drone mobile air defence unit fires a machine gun towards a Russian kamikaze drone, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kherson region, Ukraine April 19. REUTERS/Ivan Antypenko
"Clark Lupton mounted a 1984 Polaroid Sun 600 camera onto his drone, which was fitted with a remote motor to click the shutter to take photos. This was a very clever way to mash the old with the new, with excellent results."
#Drones have reshaped the battlefield in #Ukraine and in the Middle East. #Drone technology has many iterations from #Iran ’s #Shahed and #Turkey ’s #Bayraktar to the homemade war drone. We look into the history, the geopolitics, and the prospect of teaming drones up with #AI in this week's #TheGlobalJigsaw - recommended listen:
"Deliberately grounded on a tiny reef in the #SouthChinaSea, part of an island chain claimed by the two Asian countries, the #BRPSierraMadre is now the unlikely base for a detachment of Filipino marines who stand guard over the atoll, scanning the turquoise waters for Chinese ships." #AyunginShoal#SecondThomasShoal#Philippines