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Vowing self-sufficiency, Hamas turned a maze of tunnels in Gaza into weapons factories and well-stocked fortifications. A year after the war began, parts of the group remain deeply entrenched. Many analysts had believed that Hamas was heavily dependent on Iran Read More …
Security forces in Manipur have intensified search and seizure operations across vulnerable areas of the state as part of ongoing efforts to restore peace and stability. In a major crackdown, forces conducted operations in the fringe and vulnerable areas of Read More …
Two police operatives have been killed by an improvised explosive device detonated by unidentified gunmen in Uruagu, a community in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The attackers were said to have launched a surprise attack on the Read More …
Yemen’s Houthi rebels appear to have hit another merchant vessel in a multi-domain, multiple-attempt attack, according to the Royal Navy’s UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). At about 0140 hours GMT, UKMTO received a security report from an unnamed vessel about Read More …
At least 1,500 civilians were killed or injured by 600 improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Somalia over the past year, the UN reported late Thursday. UN Secretary-General’s Acting Special Representative for Somalia James Swan said that the threat of IEDs Read More …
The batteries of the walkie-talkies used by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah that blew up this week were laced with a highly explosive compound known as PETN, a Lebanese source familiar with the device’s components told Reuters. The way the explosive Read More …
Ecuadoran authorities foiled a drone attack on La Roca prison, where former vice president Jorge Glas is held, highlighting the escalating violence linked to drug cartels in the country. Ecuadoran officials said they had thwarted an attack Thursday carried out Read More …
Ukraine is adding little-known incendiary weapons to its armoury in its battle to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion, including “fire-spitting” drones reminiscent of dragons. On Wednesday, Ukraine’s Defence Ministry posted videos on the social media platform X showing a Read More …
Security forces today gave a demonstration of an anti-drone system at work in violence-hit Manipur, days after a man was killed in weaponised drone attacks launched by suspected Kuki insurgents from the hills near the valley district Imphal West. Sunday’s Read More …
The Mexican army acknowledged for the first time Friday that some of its soldiers have been killed by bomb-dropping drones operated by drug cartels. Defense Secretary Gen. Luis Cresencio Sandoval did not provide exact figures on the number of casualties Read More …
In a remarkable display of ingenuity, Ukrainian soldiers have repurposed wrecked electric and hydrogen cars to create effective weapons against Russian forces. With the absence of air support to deploy heavy guided bombs, the soldiers sought alternative solutions. They discovered Read More …
The IDF killed the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s deputy head of weapons production, Mohammed al-Jabari, in a targeted intelligence-based operation, the Israeli military said on Friday morning. According to the IDF, Al-Jabari was responsible for financing weapon manufacturing infrastructure for the Read More …
Gardai say they have no evidence that drones were being used to deliver petrol bombs to the controversial former Crown Paints site in Coolock – despite a court hearing fears of that a week ago. “An Garda Siochana has no Read More …
From fighting tanks in World War I to defeating improvised explosive devices in the Middle East, Soldiers on the battlefield have been forced to adapt and develop innovative countermeasures to emerging threat technologies. On today’s battlefield, one such emerging technology Read More …
A highly-modified jet ski loaded with explosives has been found off the Turkish coast near Istanbul. According to reports in the Turkish media, the adapted jet ski was found drifting off the coast of the district of Çatalca, close to Read More …
In barely a week, the Israel Defense Forces has lost two fighters to powerful roadside bombs in the West Bank. Cpt. Alon Sacgiu, 22, a sniper team commander in the Kfir Brigade’s Haruv reconnaissance unit, was killed in an explosion Read More …
This is the dramatic moment a team from Putin’s state TV are sent flying by a motion-activated mine dropped by a drone over the Russian border. The blast was caught on camera as the pro-war channel Rossiya-24 crew were filming Read More …
In Wednesday’s incident, two relatively small but accurate explosive drones were launched in a coordinated manner, in a way that not only caused fatal damage to the rescue and medical teams that arrived within a few minutes, but also penetrated Read More …
Ukraine’s special forces have developed new software that allows drones to fly without the use of GPS, limiting the impact of Russian jamming. The software, called Eagle Eyes, allows unmanned drones to travel using sight rather than satellite-based GPS navigation, Read More …
RALEIGH, N.C. – Christopher Arthur, 40, was sentenced today to a total of 300 months’ imprisonment for teaching another individual how to make and use an explosive knowing that the individual intended to use that instruction in the murder or Read More …