by David Hambling | Feb 1, 2018 | Latest Posts
As predicted in Swarm Troopers, insurgents are now mass-deploying low-cost drone build from simple materials and commercial electronics. Thirteen drones attacked Russian forces in Syria on Jan 5th – this is likely to be just the start. The full story is in my...
by David Hambling | Sep 4, 2017 | Latest Posts
The Ukrainian SBU – the equivalent of the FBI – now believe that the destruction of a giant arms depot at Balakliya in eastern Ukraine in March was carried out by a small drone. The spectacular explosion and fire destroyed some seventy thousand tons of munitions with...
by David Hambling | May 12, 2017 | Latest Posts
The first editio9n of the new Dronesec podcast was devoted to Swarm Troopers and the threat from small drones — we covered a lot of ground from ‘Mechanical geese from hell’ to grenade-dropping terror drones — you can listen to the whole thing...
by David Hambling | May 8, 2017 | Latest Posts
The battle for Mosul has been a wakeup call for drone defense. In late 2015 it emerged that ISIS had developed the capability to deliver lethal payloads using modified commercial drones, but in Mosul the attacks reached a new pitch in February with dozens of attacks a...
by David Hambling | Apr 28, 2017 | Latest Posts
Australian researchers are working on quadrotors that can fly through dangerous abandoned mine workings, mapping them and surveying for minerals which may have been missed the first time around, all without human assistance: Story in New Scientist here....
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