Matt Bennett-Blacklock

💥 Footage shows an FPV drone attacking a cell tower in the Belgorod region, Novaya Tavolzhanka.

Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed

Looks like dogfights are back on the menu 😎

Following the power plant shutdown, due to massive 🇷🇺 strikes on #Ukraine, some days ago, an old diesel locomotive pulled a modern 🇺🇦 high-speed train

This is how Intercity trains were operating in regions without a stable power supply. The speed, 50 km/h.
@skyoverukraine

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Uncrewed Boats Controlled From 500 Miles Escort UK Warships in Landmark Test A fleet of uncrewed boats proved they can operate hundreds of miles from their human controllers, escorting warships in a 72-hour trial.

Uncrewed Boats Controlled From 500 Miles Escort UK Warships in Landmark Test thedefensepost-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/thedefen...

UK military to help protect Belgium after drone incursions Sir Richard Knighton, the UK military chief, says his Belgian counterpart asked for assistance this week in the form of UK personnel and equipment.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Have you ever seen 350+ printers in action? Now you have 😎

The Wild Hornets 3D farm runs non-stop — even through power outages and other external challenges.
All for the defenders who critically need drones.

Inquiry after child hurt in Kent Police drone crash A drone hit a cable and crashed hitting a child during the search for a suspect, police say.

I prefer to uncover good news with drones, however, I uncovered that a child has been injured by a police drone, which was difficult as I was initially misled on FOIA, the BBC are investigating.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Organising my ICs

Germany to provide Belgium with counter-drone defense support Decision comes amid reports of frequent drone activity around Belgian military installations - Anadolu Ajansı

"Germany will support Belgium with counter-drone defense systems in response to increasing sightings of unidentified unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near Belgian military facilities, the German Defense Ministry announced Thursday." @aa.com.tr.web.brid.gy
www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/ge...

How Sky News investigated X's algorithm For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does.

Source news.sky.com/video/how-sk...

Musk and X are threats to Europe

Poland launching largest voluntary military training program in its history to prepare up to 400,000 citizens in survival skills, first aid, and cyber awareness by 2026. Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said, “We are living in the most dangerous times since World War II.” - MSM #OSINT
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"Lesson 5: Always Blame the West First"

RIA Novosti claims “the West” is preparing a nuclear provocation at the Zaporizhzhia NPP to blame Russia. It is another textbook example of the Kremlin using a Mirror Accusation Operation, a tactic often seen when narrative control begins to slip.

#OSINT
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US accused of ‘Mob’ tactics to sink climate deal Officials say ‘bully-boy’ threats used to derail net zero deal for shipping industry ripped up rules of global diplomacy

US accused of ‘Mob’ tactics to sink climate deal on.ft.com/47FNUEh

This Drone Flies with Nothing But Solar Power Think it is impossible for a drone to fly on solar power alone, because of the whole weight problem? Think again!

Think it is impossible for a drone to fly on solar power alone, because of the whole weight problem? Think again!

Russian military's ZALA ISR UAV and Lancet loitering munition tandem is a powerful combination - now, according to state media, the Russian MOD wants to launch Skat 350M ISR drone to guide KUB loitering munitions in another attack tandem. tass.com/defense/2038...

One critical shortage keeps Ukraine’s interceptor drones from blocking out Russia’s Shaheds October is coming to an end and as winter approaches, many Ukrainians find themselves more vulnerable than ever in the face of mounting Russian air attacks. In Kyiv, Russian combined missile and dron...

"It’s impossible to build an effective defense against Shaheds with the help of interceptor drones, since for every drone you need an experienced operator, team, radar station — all of this takes tremendous infrastructure," Yuriy Kasianov, a former leader of a deep-strike drone team, said.

Drone start-up backed by Peter Thiel crashed and burned in armed forces trials Berlin-based Stark failed to hit a single target in four attempts at two exercises with the British and German forces

Drone start-up backed by Peter Thiel crashed and burned in armed forces trials ft.trib.al/ps96eIU

Russia will not stop until it's stopped.
The war ends the moment Russia leaves.
Russia lies repeatedly (we won't invade Ukraine, we didn't kill Litvinenko, didn't kill 300 on MH17, didn't use Novichok in the UK etc etc)

We MUST NOT trust Putin.

Day 1345. Here's my daily thread

Cyber injunctions put victims at risk, experts warn Qantas stands by controversial legal tactic.

Cybersecurity experts are warning that injunctions – an increasingly popular legal tactic flaunted as protecting data breach victims – are putting people at greater risk of cybercrime.

More from @troyhunt.com, Cythera's Euan Prentice, Dvuln's Jamieson O'Reilly and Cyber Cognition's Michael Collins.

Europe ‘Already in State of War’, Polish Experts Warn as Russian Attacks Intensify
Warsaw security experts cite balloon incursions, border manipulation, and information aggression as evidence the conflict has escalated far beyond Ukraine’s borders.

www.kyivpost.com/post/63163

🇨🇳‼️🇺🇦 China is reducing the supply of components for Ukrainian drones, — n-tv

Beijing is increasingly restricting such supplies, and is also stopping attempts by the Ukrainian defense industry to import Chinese electronic components through allied countries.

1/ The battle for Pokrovsk is very different to the infamously bloody battle for Bakhmut two years ago, due to the presence of swarms of kamikaze and cargo drones. A commentary by a Russian warblogger highlights how urban warfare has changed. ⬇️
bsky.app/profile/wart...

I found a copy of this image without a watermark.

#OSINT

Unusual FPV electric-powered drone with an annular wing.

Likely an interceptor, likely Russian.

Source Ru social media

#OSINT

This is a good point for Europe. I mean all of Europe not just EU

You know that feeling, you're sat at home & there's an unexpected visitor?

Those reading my🧵 last night saw the extraordinary moment a drone hit an apartment block in Kyiv but didn't explode.

Even more crazily it happened twice at tower blocks in Desnian + Obolon districts!🤯

What kind of adversary can the US military potentially encounter around the world? How about a non-state/terrorist/secessionist group armed with FPV and VTOL drones and fiber optic UAVs? That's already the case in Africa. lawfaremedia.org/article/afri...