The unmanned triangular drone is known to loiter in the air until it determines its target, then it quickly lowers itself to the ground and detonates. Russia has reportedly renamed the system as the Geran-2. Ukrainian online publication Defense Express, citing Iranian data,reported thatthe Shahed...
What are 'kamikaze drones'? Believed to include an Iranian-supplied weapon called the Shahed-136 These drones loiter above a target before attacking Packed with explosives which detonate upon impact, destroying the drone Often sent in waves and difficult to spot on radar The US said Iran planned...
Manufactured by Iranian company HESA, the Shahed 136 loitering munition is much smaller than the TB2 and is launched in multiples from a rack in an attempt to overwhelm air defences. Their numbers make it difficult to shoot them all down, and those kamikaze drones that...
In war, the calculus is trickier: how to ensure AI-based weapons do only the right kind of harm. A recent New York Times op-ed argued the world isn’t ready for the implications of AI-powered weapons systems, describing how Ukrainian forces had to abandon tanks due to kamikaze drone ...
It has demonstrated more sophisticated weapons in recent months, including kamikaze drones and longer range projectiles. Hezbollah head strikes defiant tone after ‘unprecedented blow’ Sept. 19, 2024 On Wednesday, it used a ballistic missile for the first time to strike Tel Aviv, some 70 miles ...
What is DJI AeroScope, and how does it work? There are two main elements to the AeroScope system: A signal, automatically broadcast by every DJI drone sold since 2017, that provides the drone’s position, altitude, speed, direction, serial number, and the location of the pilot The receive...
An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is armed and used for intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance as well as attack missions. UCAVs are capable of carrying precision-guided munitions, air-to...
An Air Launched Effects drone test fired from a UH-60 Blackhawk transport helicopter. These long-range kamikaze drones could keep attack helicopters safe while still hunting down enemy targets. The invasion of Ukraine has made clear the attack helicopter’s shortcomings in modern, high-intensity war...
To the US military, a drone is something like the Japanese kamikaze planes of WWII. But being small is a cheap form of stealth and drones are going to get smaller—a lot smaller. The current solution is to deal with drones in the same way they deal with RF jamming: to find the launc...
Ukraine’s army on Sept. 13 first said it had destroyed an Iranian drone near Kupiansk, a town recaptured by Kyiv’s troops during a rapid counteroffensive in its northeast last month. The defense ministry identified the device as an Iranian-made Shahed-136, posting images of what appeare...