All posts tagged "Drones"

Russia has provided Iran with similar intelligence that the U.S. and Europe provide Ukraine, according to a new Wall Street Journal report published on Tuesday.

Iran has received information from Russia about the locations of American military forces and its allies across the Middle East, including satellite images and improved Shahed drone technology, an officer and Middle Eastern diplomat told The Journal.

"Russia is trying to keep its closest Middle Eastern partner in the fight against U.S. and Israeli military might and prolong a war that is benefiting Russia militarily and economically," according to The Journal. ...

The National Football League — by far the richest sports league in the world — paid for several U.S. House of Representatives aides to attend last month’s NFL Draft.

The catch?

The aides allowed top NFL officials lobby them on issues of significant financial and political importance to the league....

The Ukrainian government is increasing its spending on drones by an additional 15.5 billion hryvnia ($392 million), Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Tuesday, as the unmanned surveillance and combat aircraft become increasingly important assets for Kiev in its fight against Russia. "With the funds allocated today, 300,000 drones will be delivered to our security and defence forces," he said at a Cabinet meeting in Kiev. According to Shmyhal, Ukraine had previously budgeted 43.3 billion hryvnia for the purchase of drones this year. Ukraine has rapidly expanded the development and production ......

Several people were injured in an explosion at a residential building in the Russian city of St Petersburg on Saturday, as local media reported that a drone had been detonated. Governor Alexander Beglow spoke only of an "incident" as he vowed to promised help to the residents of the flats that were damaged. Six people had sought medical help and a 92-year-old woman was taken to hospital, the authorities said. The explosion shattered some of the windows in the five-storey apartment building. Residents of the flats were being housed in a kindergarten and treated by psychologists, according to re......

(Reuters) - A drone launched from Iran struck a chemical tanker in the Indian ocean early on Saturday, the U.S. Department of Defense said. "The motor vessel CHEM PLUTO, a Liberia-flagged, Japanese-owned, and Netherlands-operated chemical tanker was struck at approximately 10 a.m. local time (6 a.m. GMT) today in the Indian Ocean, 200 nautical miles from the coast of India, by a one-way attack drone fired from Iran," a Pentagon spokesperson told Reuters. The incident highlights escalating regional tensions and new risk to shipping lanes after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. The Iranian gove......