Drones (military)

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AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: autonomous weapons enter the battlefield
The military use of AI-enabled weapons is growing, and the industry that provides them is booming

Nick Robins-Early

14, Jul, 2024 @4:00 PM

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Under a drone-filled sky, Ukraine tries to retake a town, one house at a time
Hardened Ukrainian veterans hope new supplies of US rockets will help push Vladimir Putin’s forces back

Luke Harding near Vovchansk

08, Jun, 2024 @12:08 PM

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‘No choice’: Ukraine eyes Kerch bridge in Crimea for drone attack
Third attack on Kerch bridge between Russia and occupied Crimea ‘inevitable’, say Ukraine’s military intelligence

Luke Harding in Kyiv

04, Apr, 2024 @1:41 PM

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‘I’m not profiting from misery. I’m averting more’ – Thales’s UK boss on making missiles for Ukraine
Whether manufacturing drones or printing British blue passports, the defence contractor is flying high in a geopolitically risky climate

Alex Lawson

26, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM

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Australian military buys $5m laser-based anti-drone system
Battery-powered system can down a drone travelling at 100km/h, according to its developers, Melbourne-based AIM Defence

Isabelle Oderberg

25, Mar, 2024 @8:33 PM

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Academics in US, UK and Australia collaborated on drone research with Iranian university close to regime
Exclusive: work by researchers from western universities and counterparts at Sharif University considered potentially ‘very dangerous’ by experts

Jonathan Yerushalmy and Johana Bhuiyan

14, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM

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The Guardian view on the new drone wars: as prices fall, casualties mount | Editorial
Editorial: Never before have unmanned aerial vehicles been used so intensely in conflict, with even commercial devices enlisted in battle

Editorial

13, Feb, 2024 @7:16 PM

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Deadly, cheap and widespread: how Iran-supplied drones are changing the nature of warfare
Attacks using Shahed drones have been carried out by militias in the Middle East and Russia in Ukraine

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security correspondent

02, Feb, 2024 @3:09 PM

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Ukraine thought to have sunk Russian warship near occupied Crimea
Overnight drone attack deals another blow to Moscow’s fleet and demonstrates Kyiv’s expanding power in Black Sea

Dan Sabbagh, Pjotr Sauer and Luke Harding

01, Feb, 2024 @3:45 PM

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Ukraine levels up the fight with drone strikes deep into Russia
Unable to match Putin’s military might, Ukraine is engaging in ‘smart warfare’ to attack the enemy’s oil and gas supply lines

Luke Harding in Kyiv and Pjotr Sauer

27, Jan, 2024 @4:04 PM

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Cheap but lethally accurate: how drones froze Ukraine’s frontlines
Breakthrough for either side is almost impossible, say those in pulverised Kupiansk area

Luke Harding in Kupiansk. Photographs by Alessio Mamo

25, Jan, 2024 @4:09 PM

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‘We killed many … drones are our air force’: Myanmar’s rebels take on the junta from above
A rebel drone squadron drawn from engineering students and hobbyists, who gain battlefield training partly through YouTube tutorials, is proving decisive in the struggle against Myanmar’s brutal military government

Aakash Hassan in Camp Victoria and Hannah Ellis-Petersen

20, Jan, 2024 @12:00 PM

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