Russia, Ukraine and drones
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You know, everything you tell us will be used against you,” the interviewer on Russian TV warns Timur Shagivaleev, the man behind one of the country’s biggest drone factories.
Well the good news is that you can still find the DJI Mini 4K drone on Amazon. It's listed for $299 and is being sold and shipped by thinkzone. We don't generally recommend third-party sellers, but thinkzone has a decent track record and times are tough when it comes to stock. We'll take what we can get at this point.
A solar-powered surveillance drone with a wingspan larger than a Boeing 747 jumbo jet could fly for weeks or months at a time, according to its operator, while watching for drug-smuggling vessels, pirates or naval warships. It has been performing test flights off the US Gulf Coast this month.
Auterion’s “strike kits” — miniature computers known as Skynode that run the company’s software and include a camera and radio — can transform manually controlled drones into “AI-powered weapons systems” that cannot be jammed and can track a moving target from as far away as 1km, said Meier.
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DJI barely sells drones in the United States anymore. The shelves are bare; resellers are jacking up prices. It appears an unofficial ban at US customs is to blame. But on Amazon, you can now buy a drone that’s a a dead ringer for the DJI Mini 4 Pro — the SkyRover X1 — for a reasonable $758. And that’s probably because DJI made it happen.
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Military Times on MSNThese wargames explored drone attacks on US military basesMany of the details of these wargames are classified, but one key finding is that protecting domestic U.S. bases can’t be just the military’s job.
A patrol officer at 4 a.m. on July 11 spotted a car with its brake lights illuminated stopped in the middle of Clague Road near Belmont Drive. After watching the running car remain stationary, the officer approached it and found that the driver was passed out behind the wheel.
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The Kyiv Independent on MSNRussian drone strike on bus reportedly kills 3, injures 20 in Sumy OblastA Russian drone targeting a bus reportedly killed three and injured 20 in Sumy Oblast on July 27, according to local media. The attack took place near the village of Yunakivka, located about eight kilometers (five miles) from Ukraine's border with Russia and about 29 kilometers (18 miles) from the city of Sumy.