Africa: Is Africa Becoming a New Arena for Adaptive Drone Warfare?

Africa: Is Africa Becoming a New Arena for Adaptive Drone Warfare?

The spread of Ukrainian technology and expertise could alter the balance between state and non-state armed groups across Africa. Ukraine has become the world’s unofficial laboratory for the adaptation and use of commercial unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, in armed conflicts. Like its adversary, Russia, Ukraine is looking for cheaper alternatives to military-grade drones and…

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Iran war shows U.S. and allies were “slow to adapt” to drone warfare. Europeans are racing to catch up.

Iran war shows U.S. and allies were “slow to adapt” to drone warfare. Europeans are racing to catch up.

London — The war in Iran has highlighted the threat relatively cheap drones pose to both human life and crucial infrastructure. It has also highlighted a seeming unreadiness to counter the weapons among the militaries of the U.S. and some of its major allies in the Middle East.  As President Trump sharply criticizes America’s longtime NATO…

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How electronic warfare is threatening ships and their crews

How electronic warfare is threatening ships and their crews

The war in Iran has dominated headlines with reports of airstrikes and escalating military activity. But beyond the immediate devastation, the conflict has also illuminated a quieter and rapidly growing danger: the vulnerability of ships, and the people who operate them, to disruption of their navigation systems. Modern shipping depends heavily on GPS satellite navigation….

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Can Iran’s asymmetric warfare hold US-Israeli military power at bay? | US-Israel war on Iran News

Can Iran’s asymmetric warfare hold US-Israeli military power at bay? | US-Israel war on Iran News

Despite United States President Donald Trump’s repeated declarations of victory in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel and US military assets in the region have continued, upending global financial and energy markets. “We’ve had two decades to study defeats of the US military to our immediate east and west. We’ve incorporated…

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