Elon Musk is Wrong about the F-35
Elon Musk is Wrong about the F-35
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwN2Xatubxg
Tag: drones
Are drones looking for nuclear weapons in New Jersey?
It’s not likely that drones flying over New Jersey are looking for a lost nuclear weapon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8TYJirmfWI
What’s really going on with the drones over New Jersey?
Most of the “mysterious” drone sightings over New Jersey are not mysterious at all. They are basic things that are often in the sky, like stars, planets, commercial aircraft, police drones, and hobbyists’ legally operated drones.
There could be government red team drones, or corporations could be testing new drones, or even something more interesting, but it’s also possible that all the sightings are normal things.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8TQd7RhvyI
Ambassador Nicholas Burns on the U.S.-China Relationship
“Bradleys, like most of Ukraine’s equipment, are targets for Russian drones.
Drones have been used more in this war than in any other conflict in history, with both sides using them to take out equipment and soldiers and to gather intelligence to direct more powerful weaponry.
The prevalence of drones, where sometimes dozens of drones can go after one target, means battlefield tactics constantly have to adapt — including ways to protect high-value tanks and armored vehicles.
That means new types of shielding are being tried and tested in this war, including improvised armor on tanks and nets designed to trap drones.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9D7LSd4IUM
Russia appears to be using wired, unjammable fiber-optic drones that could fix a big problem its operators have faced in this war
Russia appears to be using wired, unjammable fiber-optic drones that could fix a big problem its operators have faced in this war
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-appears-using-wired-unjammable-180442739.html
China and Russia are collaborating to develop an attack drone similar to Iran’s Shahed, European officials say
“Russian and Chinese companies are working together to develop an attack drone similar to Iran’s lethal Shahed, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed European officials.
According to the officials, the companies held talks last year and began designing and testing a version of the drone earlier this year, to prepare for shipping to Russia.
The drones have yet to be deployed in Ukraine, the officials told the outlet. They didn’t specify which companies were involved.
The move would be a worrying one for Ukraine and its allies.
Russia has relied heavily on Iran’s Shahed drone and its newer and customized variants to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses since it launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
In January, Russia was suspected of using an Iranian jet-powered Shahed-238 — a significant upgrade in speed and altitude over the Shahed-136 loitering munition.
Russia has developed its own version of the Shahed drones, known as Geran-2 drones, which are similar to Shahed-136s but made with different materials, researchers at Conflict Armament Research told The New York Times last year.
However, officials told Bloomberg that one concern about the reported Russia-China partnership is that China could develop the drones at a much higher rate than Iran or Russia.
It would also be another sign of Russia’s growing reliance on China as it grapples with crippling Western economic sanctions, and would be further evidence that China has become a key enabler of Russia’s war in Ukraine, despite claims of neutrality.
The European officials did not name the drone being developed, but media outlets and Chinese defense websites have reported China is working on the Sunflower 200, an exploding attack drone that is described as similar in appearance to the Shahed 136, according to Bloomberg.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-russia-collaborating-develop-attack-121502058.html
The wild-looking Russian ‘turtle tanks’ that keep showing up may not be as crazy as they seem
The wild-looking Russian ‘turtle tanks’ that keep showing up may not be as crazy as they seem
https://www.yahoo.com/news/wild-looking-russian-turtle-tanks-221631953.html
Iran’s stealth drones have become the new blueprint for international warfare
In January, an Iranian exploding drone hit a US military base in Jordan, killing three US service members. The Washington Post cited a defense source who said the weapon was a small attack Shahed-101.
The drone was able to sneak past American defenses by shadowing a US drone also landing at the base — a trick believed to have been picked up from Russia, Bloomberg reported.
“Russia and Iran are learning from each other. That is almost as important as the technology-sharing itself,” Matthew McInnis, a Pentagon intelligence officer who was a State Department representative for Iran, told the outlet.
But Iran’s influence goes beyond Russia. Iranian-backed Houthis have curtailed trade in the Red Sea in recent months by perpetrating drone attacks on cargo ships.
Bloomberg reported that Ethiopia had used Iranian drones to squash rebellions in the country, while Tajikistan, Algeria, and Venezuela were also partnering with Iran.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/irans-stealth-drones-become-blueprint-013422260.html
Why are maritime drones so hard to beat?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX68_FZl8UE
White House says Iran did not provide early warning of Israel attack — and didn’t mean for it to fail
“The White House is strongly denying reports that Iran provided any advance warning of the massive aerial attack it sent towards Israel on Saturday, calling the suggestion that Tehran would have provided any information on its military plans “ridiculous”.
John Kirby, the president’s national security communications adviser, also took a page from President Joe Biden’s book of oft-used phrases by referring to reports of such warnings — through back channels or otherwise — as “malarkey”.
“We did receive messages from Iran, and they receive messages from us too, but there was never any message to us or to anyone else on the timeframe, the targets, or the type of response,” he said during a White House press briefing on Monday.
“I want to be clear, this whole narrative out there that Iran passed us a message with what they were going to do is ridiculous,” he later added.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-attack-doesn-t-mean-155639859.html