by David Hambling | Aug 13, 2018 | Latest Posts
Night after night since the end of June, Russia’s main air base in Syria has been assaulted by garage-built drones armed with crude bombs, aiming to blow up the Russian strike jets based there. So far, the drones have all been shot down — but one slip by...
by David Hambling | May 3, 2018 | Latest Posts
A strange, smart and somewhat alarming plan from Turkey for a squadron of mobile anti-ship mines that look like stingrays – read about it in Popular Mechanics...
by David Hambling | Apr 30, 2018 | Latest Posts
SwarmDiver is a new low-cost, small, autonomous drone that works in packs — all of which may begin to sound rather familiar. And it has military applications, one of which is a swarm attack from all directions at once. This is a waterborne drone though — I...
by David Hambling | Apr 30, 2018 | Latest Posts
As small commercial drones and their derivative get used increasingly on the battlefield, armed forces everywhere are looking at what this means and how they can handle the threat — and take advantage of the opportunities that small drones present. I write in...
by David Hambling | Mar 12, 2018 | Latest Posts
Houthi rebels claim to have taken out US-made Patriot missile batteries in Yemen — one operated by the Saudis. the other by the UAE – using swarms of Iranian-made Qasef-1 drones. The drones hit the Patriot’s radar, blinding it so the site could be...
by David Hambling | Feb 23, 2018 | Latest Posts
The assault by 13 insurgent drones on a Russian airbase in Syria opens a new chapter in military history. Small, cheap and numerous lethal drones can be fielded even by non-state actors, while the Chinese are preparing swarms numbering thousands. Why is it so hard to...
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