Oct 17 How Russia is using Iranian killer drones to spread terror in Ukraine By Associated Press They are precise, small in size, able to engage a target in relatively large numbers like a swarm of wasps and above all, they’re cheap. Continue reading
Oct 17 Russian explosive drones strike Ukraine’s capital, 4 killed By Sabra Ayres, Hanna Arhirova, Inna Varenytsia, Associated Press Waves of explosives-laden suicide drones have struck Ukraine's capital, setting buildings ablaze and tearing a hole in one of them. Continue reading
Jun 06 Company halts plans for Taser drone after 9 members of its ethics board resign By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press The company best known for developing the Taser says it's halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone. The decision by Axon comes as a majority of its ethics board resigned over the project. Continue reading
Mar 22 Wallets, IDs but no survivors found in China Eastern crash By Dake Kang, Ng Han Guan, Associated Press Video clips show small pieces of the plane and exposed earth where the plane crashed, but no survivors have been found. Continue reading
Mar 16 WATCH: President Biden approves more anti-aircraft systems, drones for Ukraine By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press The president's comments came as he formally announced his administration was sending an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, making a total of $2 billion in such aid sent to Kyiv since Biden took office more than a… Continue reading
Nov 25 Mexico’s drug war fought with drones, human shields, gunships By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press Residents of the town of Aguililla are fed up with the army's strategy to simply separate competing gangs. They want the army to either fight both cartels, or let the two gangs fight it out. Continue reading
Sep 08 U.S. Navy launches Mideast drone task force amid Iran tensions By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press The U.S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet says it will launch a new task force that incorporates airborne, sailing and underwater drones after years of maritime attacks linked to ongoing tensions with Iran. Continue reading
Sep 14 Yemen rebels claim drone attacks on major Saudi oil sites By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Drones claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oilfield operated by Saudi Aramco early Saturday, sparking a huge fire at a processor crucial to global energy supplies. Continue reading
Jul 19 Iran denies Trump’s claim that the U.S. destroyed its drone By Amir Vahdat, David Rising, Associated Press The Iranian military said all its drones had returned safely to their bases and denied there was any confrontation with a U.S. vessel the previous day. Continue reading
Jul 18 Trump says U.S. warship destroyed Iranian drone By Associated Press President Donald Trump says the USS Boxer took defensive action after the drone closed to within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored multiple calls to stand down. Continue reading