Tag: drone

Swedish Police Hunt for Drone Seen Flying Over Forsmark Nuclear Plant

STOCKHOLM—Police in Sweden deployed patrols and helicopters to the Forsmark nuclear plant to hunt for a large drone seen flying over the site late on Friday, but were unable to catch the unmanned vehicle, they said on Saturday. The incident came a day after Sweden’s military started patrolling the main town on the Baltic Sea…


Spectacular Explosions at Spain’s La Palma Volcano

Approaching three months of volcanic activity, the La Palma volcano on the Canary Islands continued to erupt dramatically on Tuesday. Scientists with the Spanish Institute of Geology and Mining were able to fly a drone near the top of the volcano’s most active vent. Their video showed a period of high volcanic activity just before…


Ondas Wins New Aviation Radio Permit

Ondas Holdings Inc subsidiary Ondas Networks Inc’s Mercury Radio got authorized for use in the nationwide licensed 450 MHz Air-Ground frequency band. The new radio conforms to the lower transmit power allowed by the FCC waiver for the licensed Air-Ground Frequency Band. Ondas is a leading provider of private wireless, drone, and automated data solutions…


History Buff Snaps Photos of Military Scrap Graveyards in Remote Secret Sites in Over 50 Countries

A history fanatic has visited secret remote locations in over 50 countries to take eerie images of abandoned military equipment. At first glance, these boats, tanks, and airplanes appear to be lined up and ready for action but in reality, they have been left to rot. Photographer Dmitry Osadchy, from St. Petersburg in Russia, treks…


Fear Flying Faster Than Hypersonic Missiles

Commentary Americans should be reasonably concerned but not panicked over hypersonic weapons. Realistic upgrades to proven and existing technology will prove more than adequate in countering the new threat. The Chinese regime recently launched a hypersonic missile and it has led to a great deal of hand wringing among the general public. Analysts have claimed…


Amazing Moment a Huge Right Whale Gives Paddleboarder a Push Caught on Video—and It’s Beautiful

A drone captured the incredible moment a whale pushed a paddleboarder with its fin. Maximiliano Jonas filmed the amazing footage off the coast of Puerto Madryn, Argentina, on Aug. 31. Maximiliano used a drone to capture the encounter between a southern right whale and the paddleboarder, friend Analia Giorgetti, who was sitting down for the…


Blinken Says US Doesn’t Know Who Was Killed in Kabul Drone Strike, Review Forthcoming

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that he doesn’t know at this stage whether a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, last month killed a suspected member of the ISIS-K terrorist group or an Afghan aid worker and his family. “The guy the Biden administration droned, was he an aid worker or an…


UK’s New Protector Drone ‘Incredibly Important Tool’ Against Terrorism

The new Protector drone unveiled on Thursday by the Royal Air Force (RAF) will be an “incredibly important tool” in Britain’s fight against global terrorism, UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said. The UK has ordered 16 Protector aircraft from its U.S. manufacturer General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI). They will enter into service in 2024 and…


Daniel Hale, Who Leaked Details of US Drone Warfare, Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison

A Tennessee man on Tuesday was sentenced to nearly four years in jail for obtaining classified information and leaking it to a reporter. Daniel Hale, 33, of Nashville, was sentenced on Tuesday to 45 months in prison. Hale pleaded guilty to retention and transmission of national defense information on March 31. “I am here because I stole…


Ex-airman Sentenced to 45 Months for Leaking Drone Info

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A former Air Force intelligence analyst who once helped find targets for deadly U.S. drone strikes was sentenced to 45 months in prison for leaking top-secret details about the program. Daniel Hale, 33, told a federal judge he felt compelled to leak information to a journalist out of guilt over his own participation in…