by David Hambling | Dec 18, 2019 | Latest Posts
The Kargu drone is a small, seven-kilo quadcopter with an explosive warhead , able to operate in a swarm, as shown by this video released by makes STM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d28APIfwSI Kargu can also be controlled directly.According to the company CEO,...
by David Hambling | Feb 19, 2019 | Latest Posts
The US Navy’s LOCUST drone swarm plans continue to evolve. One aspect is that swarms will now be launched to carry out defence-suppression – basically taking out the radars required by surface-to-air missiles – from unmanned underwater vehivles....
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...
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