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Tunisia admits U.S. drones are patrolling along its border with Libya

Posted on November 30, 2016November 29, 2016 by alert5

The United States has been flying its drones along the Tunisian-Libyan border to ward of attacks by Islamic State, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi disclosed on television on Nov. 24.

By United States Air Force photo by Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
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South Korea working on EMP weapon to bring down North’s UAVs

Posted on November 28, 2016November 28, 2016 by alert5

Yonhap disclosed that South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD) has developed a directional, high-powered electromagnetic pulse (EMP) generator to shoot down drones from North Korea.

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Russia’s Armata armored vehicles will get tethered drone

Posted on November 19, 2016 by alert5

Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) is working on a tethered unmanned aerial vehicle that will be attached to the Armata heavy military tracked vehicle platform.

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Watch the maiden flight of RUSTOM – II

Posted on November 17, 2016November 17, 2016 by alert5

India’s Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the RUSTOM – II, has carried out its first flight from the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga on Nov. 16.