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The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom announced that the first Ukrainian defense plant has begun operating in the UK. It is a production facility of the company Ukrspecsystems, which specializes in the manufacturing of drones.
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The Russia–Ukraine conflict: 1461 days of war It is the human spirit, not hi-tech warfare, that has produced the most valuable lesson from four years on the battle front.

"We must look past the drones, algorithms and other technological artefacts for the essential lesson from this war...Ukraine has shown us what humans, as flawed as we are, can achieve in their finest hour. This is the essential lesson from 1461 days of war." www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...

Inside Ukraine’s ‘kill zone’ Drones are reshaping the frontline with Russia — and the future of warfare

A good overview of modern drone warfare from the Financial Times.

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Call for limitations on SIM card sales in Ukraine to limit use of mobile network by Russian drones.

SIM cards in passports and internet shutdowns during alarms. Sergey "Flash" called for radical action against Russia's new drones Defense Ministry advisor and radio technology expert Serhiy "Flash" Beskrestnov called on the authorities and society to consider introducing strict restrictions on the mobile communications market. T...

It turns out it’s mobile backhaul. dev.ua/en/news/sim-...

25 years ago today, ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US began its worldwide invasion on @newgrounds.com.

Major Upgrade Sees Hypersonic Ship-Killer Missiles Aboard China’s AIP Submarines - Naval News China’s large fleet of air-independent propulsion (AIP) submarines is set to become significantly more lethal. The introduction of the next-generation YJ-19 hypersonic missile dramatically elevates th...

China’s large fleet of air-independent propulsion AIP submarines is set to become significantly more lethal. The introduction of the next-generation YJ-19 hypersonic missile dramatically elevates their already serious anti-ship punch 🇨🇳🚀
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If you know the date and time then quite precisely. Otherwise you may be able to narrow the options.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STORY BRITAIN & NATO CANNOT HIDE FROM

I was very aware of this but the embargo was only lifted Friday and it has huge implications.
A real life war game where a new Ukrainian brigade took on a British one ended up with the British wiped out ‘in extraordinary quick time’.
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🇺🇦 The Pantsir-S1 air defense system misses a Ukrainian kamikaze drone by a narrow margin, after which the drone hits the system itself.

How difficult it is now to hit small drones with missiles from classic air defense systems.
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From Instagram. Adaption is going to take time. I’m glad exercises are taking place.

A good read. Any kind of c-uas system needs to be operated with safety in mind and good risk assessments.

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Not just tanks – Russians are now wrapping ground drones in branches and armor likely to protect them from FPV strikes.

The UK has confirmed it is to join the PURL initiative to purchase weapons for Ukraine.

the Defence Minister John Healey announced half a billion GBP will be spent, particularly acquiring air defence for Ukraine.
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This is an interesting read from a number of perspectives. Not least how such operations are managed with drones.

Thy really have gone out of their way to penalise Ukrainian athletes.

Nato-Mission: Bundeswehr schickt vier Eurofighter in die Arktis Deutschland beteiligt sich zunächst mit vier Eurofightern an der Nato-Mission rund um Grönland. Schon Ende der Woche könnten die zwei Alarmrotten in die Arktisregion verlegt werden.

German MoD announces contributing four Eurofighter jets to Quick Reaction Alert missions around Greenland. The aircraft will operate from established facilities in Iceland. Berlin is also mulling maritime patrol- and airborne refueling contributions.
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Such a powerful image in Le Monde.

(The writing on the plane says "Neutral athletes")

Cartoon by: Letton Gatis Sluka

STING shot down six Gerbera decoy drones flying in formation with Shaheds.

Operators of the 1020th Air Defense Regiment stopped the enemy wave thanks to donations to the Shahedoriz 🔪

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99 Luftballons
Auf ihrem Weg zum Horizont
Hielt man für Ufos aus dem All
Darum schickte ein General
'ne Fliegerstaffel hinterher
Alarm zu geben, wenn's so wär
Dabei war'n dort am Horizont
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Amateur radio balloon KC9IKB speeding across the United States and approaching 500 days aloft! Yes, more than a year! Its 20 milliwatt 20 m band WSPR signal has quite the reach.

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On December 10, Ukrainian Defenders of the 188th Mechanized Brigade shot down the rare AI-powered Klin attack drone.

This is the first known case of the destruction of this drone, which was officially unveiled just four months ago.

𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗸𝗼𝗺𝗻𝗮𝗱𝘇𝗼𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘀

Russian mobile air defense groups and civilian spotting networks rely on distributed visual detection rather than continuous radar coverage.
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Standards in an open market are great until someone cuts off supply as leverage

Suicide Drones Are Killing Civilians From Syria to Ukraine Cheap tech has made targeting noncombatants an effective terror tactic.

I am one of the earlier people who started drawing attention to the terrifying and growing trend of combatants using drones to murder civilians in early 2024, and I am currently devoting much of my time to research and policy focused on fighting back against this use of drones.

Here’s the LBC recording of Bannon talking with Farage about getting rid of Theresa May, just as his text messages to Epstein suggest he’s work with Boris Johnson to the same end youtu.be/nU0F8rP7dr4?...

The Bannon/Farage/Johnson plot to topple May looks pretty damning by November 2018, but starts that summer when Johnson resigns. 15 July Bannon goes on Farage’s LBC show to lambast May. Epstein texts: “Good work on LBC”. Next day he tells Epstein he’s in “London with Boris”