Yemen’s Houthi forces claim latest attack against Israeli-linked tanker in Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthi-allied armed forces announced yesterday claimed responsibility for an operation against an Israeli-linked ship ‘Blue Lagoon I’ in the Red Sea in the latest of such attacks in solidarity with Palestine. The operation was conducted by Yemen’s missile, naval Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 245

The nuclear safety situation at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is deteriorating following a drone strike that hit the road around the plant site perimeter today, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said. The IAEA Read More …

EOD teams upend training for threats from IEDs on the ground to drones in the air

The job of ordnance disposal technicians is rapidly changing. After decades of handling prevasive ground-level threats of improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan and Iraq, disposal techs are reinventing their jobs for a new threat: drones with explosives. As they adjust, Read More …

Syria: Eight US Troops Treated for TBI, Smoke Inhalation After Attack

Eight U.S. service members were treated for traumatic brain injury and smoke inhalation after a one-way drone attack in Syria over the weekend, a Pentagon spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. The injuries were caused by a drone that struck Saturday at the Read More …

IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine – Update 242

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) witnessed thick dark smoke coming from the north-western area of the plant, after hearing multiple explosions throughout the evening. The team was informed that an alleged drone Read More …

China limits civilian drone exports, aims to prevent use by foreign military, terror orgs

China will adjust its civilian drone export rules on September 1, reports the Associated Press. Starting from that date, policy changes will prohibit the export of civilian drones that can be used for military or terrorist aggression. China’s Ministry of Read More …

NEED FOR SPEED

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 …

Red Sea ship suffers ‘minor’ damage after Houthi attack

A ship in the Red Sea sustained minor damage on Saturday after being targeted by a drone and explosive-laden drone boat and a missile thought to have been fired by Yemen’s Houthi militia, a UK maritime agency said. This is Read More …

Drone warfare: what threat do Yemen’s Huthis pose to Israel?

After repeatedly threatening to expand their operations, the Huthi rebels claimed a drone attack Friday on Tel Aviv that, according to Israeli authorities, left one person dead. It marked a “new phase” in their operations against Israel, said the Huthis Read More …

Israel: Houthis claim credit after suspected drone attack kills one, wounds ten in Tel Aviv

A drone attack was allegedly carried out on Ben Yehuda Street on the corner of Shalom Aleichem near the US Consulate after loud explosions were heard in Tel Aviv early Friday morning. The Yemeni Houthis have claimed responsibility for the Read More …