Nuclear Iran

[Jimbuna]

[Otto Harkaman]

[Otto Harkaman]

Iran has unveiled a new air-to-air capability for its Karrar combat drone, an ironic twist for an unmanned aerial vehicle derived from a target drone for anti-air missiles.

[Skybird]

Isnt it funny. Iran is under sanctions since years and years - and in that time becomes one of the globe' leading combat drone developers and now exporters.

Tells something about the state of their nuclear bomb program. The boss of the IAEA just yesterday said that his agencies now sees zero cooperation from the Iranians.

Turkey, not under sanctions, but not really a trustworthy ally. Drones have ebnocme a domiant ting in their arms development and export.

On a sidenote, Germany's new frigates have zero anti-drone capability. And have zero ability to intercept incoming missiles, for example to defend other ships, like now needed in the Red Sea. Just days ago there was an editorial on this in one newspaper, I thunk it was the NZZ. Did anyone reflect on that in the TV main news or talkshows? Noooo... The German army also has no anti drone defence capacities (the Gepard is not in use anymore). The only dedicated air dfence unit of the ground forces has been dismantled already many yeras ago. They now want to form a new one. Last news on that: costs for that have exploded several times, last time by a factor of FIVE. Look at the budget quarrels over here, and then predict the future...

The relevance of the totally transparent battlefield due to surveillance drones is being demonstrated in extremis in the Ukraine war currently. Nothing goes anymore...


Then there are loiteirng ammunitions...


Next station: drone swarms. And autonomous AI controlling these swarms. We should be frightened. We have reason to be.

[Otto Harkaman]

necessity is the mother of invention

[bweiss]

Hmmm, the IAEA. Isn't that the same camp of experts who approved the Fukushima Daiichi Reactor Plant installation on the beach of one of the worlds most active earthquake and tsunami zones?


Just sayin...




"What! Me worry?"
Alfred E. Newman

[Jimbuna]

[Otto Harkaman]

days old positions but gives an idea of deployed assets

[Otto Harkaman]

Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond shoots down a drone targeting merchant shipping in the Red Sea


A Royal Navy destroyer has shot down a drone targeting merchant shipping in the Red Sea, the Defence Secretary said.

Grant Shapps said on Saturday HMS Diamond had shot down the suspected attack drone overnight following a spate of attacks on cargo ships in the region off Arabian Peninsula. The destroyer has been deployed to the Middle East as part of a multinational operation amid concerns over missile attacks from territory held by Houthi rebels in Yemen.

In a statement, Mr Shapps said: “Overnight, HMS Diamond shot down a suspected attack drone which was targeting merchant shipping in the Red Sea. One Sea Viper missile was fired and successfully destroyed the target.”

“The ship recently arrived in the region to bolster international efforts to maintain maritime security. The recent spate of illegal attacks represent a direct threat to international commerce and maritime security in the Red Sea. The UK remains committed to repelling these attacks to protect the free flow of global trade.”

[Jimbuna]

[Otto Harkaman]

Newly Formed Operation Prosperity Guardian To Protect Red Sea Shipping

A soon to be announced multi-national effort to protect Red Sea shipping comes after the U.S. and U.K. downed 15 Houthi drones Saturday.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...edium=referral

[Jimbuna]

[Jimbuna]

[Otto Harkaman]

‘Operation Prosperity Guardian’ Set to Protect Ships in the Red Sea, Carrier IKE in Gulf of Aden

Operation Prosperity Guardian is a multi-national push to ensure freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden under the structure of the existing Combined Task Force 153, according to the statement from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
https://news.usni.org/2023/12/18/ope...n-gulf-of-aden

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