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Russia Announces First Armed Test of Heavy Strike Stealth ‘Hunter’ Drone

Inder Singh Bisht -
The Russian heavy strike stealth drone, Okhotnik, has reportedly flown with simulated air-to-air missiles for the first time.
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Africa

Egyptian Army Says Killed 40 Suspected Jihadists in Sinai

Staff Writer With AFP -
The Egyptian army said it had killed 40 suspected jihadist militants since September in air and ground operations in the Sinai region.
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Hezbollah Claims It Flew Drone Into Israel During Military Exercise

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An armed drone belonging to Hezbollah made an incursion into Israeli territory and filmed two of the country’s military bases, the Lebanon-based terrorist organization has claimed.
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Africa

Drones, Wars, Genocide: Tainted Legacy of Nobel Peace Laureates

Staff Writer With AFP -
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is not the first Nobel Peace Prize laureate to go to war.
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Africa

IS Built up Arsenal After ‘Red Flags’ Ignored: Study

Staff Writer With AFP -
Islamic State jihadists build up a major arsenal of explosives, weapons, and drones through a sophisticated procurement process that saw "red flags" ignored by governments and suppliers, a monitoring group said.
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Africa

Abiy Says Ethiopia Working to Restore Order in Conflict-Hit Tigray

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PM Ahmed said efforts were under way to restore order in Tigray, where doctors and humanitarian workers say fighting and lawlessness were hindering aid delivery to desperate civilians.
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Americas

Two Recent Accidents Ground US Navy Scout Helicopter Drones

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The US Navy has grounded its fleet of MQ-8C Fire Scouts after two of the unmanned helicopters were involved in separate accidents within a week.
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Middle East

Gunmen Kill 5 South Yemen Separatists: Security Official

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Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen killed five south Yemen separatists in Abyan province on Monday, in the terror group's biggest attack in the region for months.
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Commentary

Drone Effectiveness Against Air Defenses, Not Tanks, Is the Real Concern

John Flannelly -
Turkey and Azerbaijan’s ability to take out air defenses with drones in Nagorno Karabakh should be a greater cause for concern than how effective their drones were against armor.
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Middle East

Iran Says Scientist Killed by Satellite-Controlled Machine Gun

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A satellite-controlled machine gun with "artificial intelligence" was used in last week's assassination of a top nuclear scientist in Iran, the deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards told local media Sunday.
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Africa

Morocco Arrests Three From IS-Linked Cell: Police

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Moroccan police said Friday they have arrested three men in the northern city of Tetouan suspected of "terrorist plots" and links to the Islamic State group.
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Americas

US Army-Funded Research Could Allow Battlefield Telepathy

Inder Singh Bisht -
A US Army-funded research breakthrough in separating brain signals that influence actions from behavior raised hopes of developing technology that will allow soldiers to silently communicate during operations.
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Air

US Army Develops More Efficient, Self-Adjusting Turbine Engine Design

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Researchers from the US Army and two American universities have developed a new turbine engine design with improved performance through automatic, in-air adjustment of its rotor blades.
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Americas

Eyeing China, Top US General Sees Tech Revolution on Battlefield

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Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley said the US military has to fully embrace robotics and artificial intelligence if it is to maintain superiority over China.
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Middle East

Eight People Killed in Shelling in Yemen’s Hodeidah

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At least eight people were killed in the shelling of an industrial compound in Yemen's strategic port of Hodeidah, the government said Friday, pointing the finger at the Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
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Africa

UK Sends 300 Troops to Mali on UN Peacekeeping Mission

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Britain is deploying 300 troops to the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali to help strengthen security and human rights there, its defense ministry said Thursday.
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