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...
by David Hambling | Feb 1, 2018 | Latest Posts
A large number of companies are now offering containerised, drone -in-a-box solutions. These allow a drone to automatically recharge itself and download and upload data to a remote base. A containerised drone can provide instant reaction to a security threat 24/7, or...
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...
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