#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:
Zhivko had his sphinx slumber disturbed by a buzz on this lazy #caturday afternoon. He turned his left ear in the direction of the sound in order to verify it and discovered it wasn’t a bee but a #Bayraktar. That’s right, the latest #TheGlobalJigsaw pod is about drones and how they’ve transformed modern warfare. He heard something about drones working together with AI - a thought so dystopian it might keep him awake for a while
The boss lady on a #Caturday morning, after celebrating #TheGlobalJigsaw 's New York Festivals award... yet despite the jolly distraction, she subbed and updated our latest episode on #drones - including #Iran attacking #Israel , a deep dive into the #UkraineWar and drone use in the #Sahel , plus a bit of #Drone history from the Queen bee on and #Shahed and #Bayraktar production - tune in, #CatsOfMastodon, you'll like it:
#Bayraktar told Reuters at the sidelines of the World Defense Show in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, that the factory is already being built and will need one year to complete construction.
The plant aims to employ around 500 people, he said.
The factory's planned output is around 120 units per year, but it is unclear exactly which drone model will be produced.
When asked if security concerns had caused any hesitation, Bayraktar said the plans were were "fully moving ahead" and that "nothing" would stop them.
"Most states rightfully decry authoritarian states who poison dissidents or use hitmen to kill their human rights critics, but when a #Bayraktar drone is used to murder Kurdish women advocating gender equality in #Rojava, or burn alive four Kurdish teenage girls playing volleyball at a UN school, the distance somehow excuses the illegal and deadly war crime to the international community."
Enhanced /Stabilized Version of the official footage released by the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, showing the destruction of objects of the Armenian Armed Forces / NKR by the Bayraktar TB2 attack UCAV.
"The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry publishes footage of the destruction of the control center of the UAV of the Armenian Armed Forces on the morning of September 2 by the Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 strike drone.
Baku claims that the Armenian drone conducted reconnaissance and target designation in the escalation zone on the line of contact. #Azerbaijan#Armenia#azeri#bayraktar#tb2
The Baykar Makina Company handed over a Bayraktar TV2 strike UAV to Ukrainian Defence Intelligence free of charge on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day.
The Turkish company Baykar has already started constructing a factory in Ukraine to produce Bayraktar drones, Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin said on July 10, as cited by Hromadske news outlet.
Turkish company gifts Bayraktar drone to Ukraine's Defence Intelligence on Independence Day (www.pravda.com.ua)
The Baykar Makina Company handed over a Bayraktar TV2 strike UAV to Ukrainian Defence Intelligence free of charge on the occasion of Ukraine’s Independence Day.
Minister: Factory to produce Bayraktar drones under construction in Ukraine (kyivindependent.com)
The Turkish company Baykar has already started constructing a factory in Ukraine to produce Bayraktar drones, Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshin said on July 10, as cited by Hromadske news outlet.
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