US must lead in building a Pacific drone industrial base to balance China’s economic might and hegemony

    US must lead in building a Pacific drone industrial base to balance China’s economic might and hegemony

    China’s leaders increasingly see the path to strategic advantage running through economic power, not just military might. From shipyards to semiconductors, and robotics to unmanned systems, Beijing is mobilizing its entire economy to win what one expert calls a contest for “economic victory” that lets it rewrite rules and norms in its favor across the…

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    An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over Kyiv during a Russian attack on Saturday.

    Europe starts learning how to shoot down drones

    IT SOUNDS LIKE the opening of a Tom Clancy novel. Late on December 4th five drones appeared above the Île Longue naval base in Brittany, which houses France’s nuclear-armed submarines. Their appearance was sufficiently alarming to prompt marines to target the aircraft with jammers. They were not the only intruders in European airspace. Days earlier…

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    How Ukraine Is Advancing Its Drone Warfare

    How Ukraine Is Advancing Its Drone Warfare

    new video loaded: How Ukraine Is Advancing Its Drone Warfare The Ukrainian military has a point-scoring system for drone operators who hit various enemy targets. Kim Barker, a New York Times reporter covering the war, describes how the necessities of drone warfare have transformed the conflict. By Kim Barker, Nikolay Nikolov and June Kim October…

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    Chilling details emerge about China’s new ‘disruptive’ underwater drones - World News - News

    Chilling details emerge about China’s new ‘disruptive’ underwater drones – World News – News

    China’s sophisticated unmanned underwater drones have been described as “disruptive,” as new details emerge about their capabilities. According to the Chinese military journal Ordnance Industry Science Technology, the unmanned submersibles have “zero-radius turning manoeuvrability”, enabling them to “operate with ease in complex maritime environments.” In the journal, author Tang Yi noted that the drones are…

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