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As well as drastically increasing the number of strikes, Russia has begun to fire decoy drones without warheads to overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses. These cheaper drones confuse Ukraine’s air defenses, which may shoot down decoy drones instead of ones carrying a lethal warhead. Decoy drones now account for as many as half of all Russian drones fired at Ukraine, Ihnat said. In the capital, there has only been one night without a drone attack since September 1. I just hide, wait and hope that I will survive.”A car and house burn after they were damaged from a Russian drone strike in Kyiv on Thursday.

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☆ After bludgeoning Russia's navy in the Black Sea, Ukraine is now going after a new batch of warships
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine carried out a drone attack on Russian warships in the Caspian Sea for the first time. It's the latest blow to the Russian navy, which has taken a beating in the Black Sea. This morning, Ukrainian attack drones successfully struck Russia's Caspian Sea flotilla in the port of Kaspiysk, over 1000 km behind the frontline. Related Video Ukraine's sea drones vs. Russia's Black Sea FleetBusiness Insider could not immediately verify the footage. Ukraine expands zone of strikes this morning, hitting Russia's Caspian Sea Fleet in Kaspiysk.

Persons: —, Andriy Kovalenko, Sergey Melikov Organizations: Service, Strategic Communication, Security, National Security and Defense Council, Sea, Russian Navy Locations: Ukraine, Kaspiysk, Russian, Ukrainian, Russia's Dagestan, Moscow, Crimean, Crimea, Russia

☆ White supremacist planned to blow up electricity station using drone laden with explosives, U.S says
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Patrick-Smith-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Patrick Smith | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A white supremacist is accused of trying to destroy an electricity substation in Tennessee in an attempt to bring down the regional power network and disrupt American society, authorities said Monday. The theory was popularized by manifestos left by perpetrators in a number of high-profile neo-Nazi and white supremacist terrorist incidents, including the killing of 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 2019. Philippi drove to an electricity substation, along with undercover FBI agents, to carry out reconnaissance, the bureau said. While driving, he ordered C-4 explosives from the undercover agents, and at a later date he bought black powder intended to be used in pipe bombs. Philippi was arrested on Nov. 2 by undercover agents acting as co-conspirators who had agreed to be lookouts.

Persons: Skyler Philippi, Philippi, Lisa Monaco, Christopher Wray, Odin, Adolf Hitler's Organizations: Justice Department, Justice, FBI, NBC News Locations: Tennessee, Columbia , Tennessee, Nashville, Christchurch , New Zealand, Columbia, Philippi

☆ Amazon gets FAA approval for new delivery drone as it begins tests in Arizona
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The agency granted a similar waiver for Amazon's Prime Air program in May, though that was limited to flights in College Station, Texas, one of the cities where it has been conducting tests. Alongside the FAA approval, Matt McCardle, head of regulatory affairs for Prime Air, said the company is starting to make drone deliveries Tuesday near Phoenix, Arizona. Prime Air encountered regulatory hurdles, missed deadlines and had layoffs last year, coinciding with widespread cost-cutting efforts by CEO Andy Jassy. In response, Amazon executives told residents the company would identify a new drone delivery launch site by October 2025. WATCH: How Amazon's drone delivery program stacks up to competitors

Persons: Matt McCardle, Amazon, Jeff Bezos, Andy Jassy, David Carbon, It's Organizations: Amazon, Federal Aviation, Amazon's Prime Air, College Station ,, Prime Air, Air, FAA, Boeing, CNBC, Wing, Google, Walmart Locations: College Station, College Station , Texas, Phoenix , Arizona, Tolleson, Phoenix, Lockeford , California, College

☆ Four takeaways from Alex Karp's triumphant Palantir earnings call
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Alex Karp touted Palantir's blockbuster earnings in a triumphant investor call. He said AI models are commodities — it's what you do on top of them that counts. Other Palantir execs have helped shift the focus away from Karp. AI models are commodities — it's what you do on top that counts. Palantir execs were surprised by the company's quarterly earnings.

Persons: Alex Karp, —, Karp, Palantir's, Shyam Sankar, Akash Jain —, Palantir, They're, Sankar, Jain, Ryan Taylor, Taylor, Palantir execs, he'd, Maven Organizations: Service, US Army Locations: US, Ukraine

☆ U.S. citizen who helped Russia from Ukraine appears in Moscow
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

MOSCOW — A U.S. citizen who was spirited out of eastern Ukraine by Russian special forces after helping the Kremlin target Ukrainian troops said in Moscow on Saturday he had asked for Russian citizenship. He said he was under no duress, wanted to receive Russian citizenship and predicted Russia would win the war in Ukraine. Martindale, who said he had worked as a missionary, said he entered Ukraine from Poland in early 2022, just days before President Vladimir Putin ordered thousands of troops into Ukraine. Martindale said that while in Ukraine, he had established contact with pro-Russian forces via Telegram and passed them information from Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. Russian forces had even delivered a telephone to him with a drone, the Izvestia newspaper reported.

Persons: Daniel Martindale, ”, Martindale, Vladimir Putin, “ I’ve Organizations: MOSCOW, Kremlin, Embassy, Telegram Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Moscow, Russia, The U.S, Poland, Donetsk

☆ Ukraine's drone teams are operating more like tech startups than military units
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-04 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine's drone units are operating more like scrappy startups than traditional military units. AdvertisementSome of Ukraine's drone units are operating more like edgy tech start-ups than military units, as they continue to play an oversized role in the country's military defenses. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, drone pilots are now the deadliest soldiers on the modern battlefield. The Journal met with Clear Eyes, a drone battalion that started out as unpaid civilian enthusiasts relying on commercial drones to track Russian military movements. Dakhno is now a drone pilot who claims to have killed about 300 Russian soldiers in a year and a half, and to have once flown a drone with a 9-pound bomb into a school auditorium where Russian soldiers were sheltering.

Persons: —, Heorhiy Volkov, Volkov, Oleksandr Dakhno, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Street Journal, Service, Wall Street Journal, The, Clear Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Crimea

CNN —Ukraine’s army chief has warned that his forces are facing “one of the most powerful Russian offensives” since the start of the war as Russia claimed it captured more settlements on the eastern frontline. Russia has steadily been making gains in the eastern Donbas region, which Russia’s President Vladimir Putin aims to capture in full. Vyshneve is close to Pokrovsk, a key logistics hub in the east and a major target of the Russian offensive. Meanwhile Russian drone attacks continue, with Ukraine bracing for what could be a difficult winter with energy infrastructure already badly hit. Over the past week, Russia has dropped more than 900 bombs on Ukraine, and launched about 30 missiles and nearly 500 Shahed drones in various regions of Ukraine, he added.

Persons: CNN —, Vladimir Putin, Ukraine’s, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Vyshneve, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, ” Zelensky, Genya Savilov, Kamala Harris, Biden, Donald Trump Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Getty, North, Ukraine Locations: Russia, Donetsk, Pokrovsk, Russian, Ukraine, Moscow, China, Europe, America, Lyman, AFP, Russia’s Kursk

☆ Ukrainian intelligence details the equipment it says Moscow is arming North Korean troops with, from 'Dragunov' sniper rifles to thermal imagers
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-03 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

US officials said this week that around 8,000 North Korean troops were in Russia's Kursk region. AdvertisementUkraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence has shared details about the weapons and equipment it says Moscow is arming North Korean troops with. The SVD sniper rifle, also known as the "Dragunov," is a semiautomatic Russian infantry sniper rifle "designed to engage enemy personnel and other unarmored targets at ranges up to 800 meters," according to the manufacturer Kalashnikov Group. Related storiesUkraine has previously released a video that appeared to show North Korean troops "being outfitted in Russian gear" at a Russian military training compound. It comes as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Western allies to lift restrictions on long-range weaponry to enable Ukraine to potentially carry out preemptive strikes on the North Korean forces gathered in Russia.

Persons: —, Lloyd Austin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Directorate of Intelligence, Phoenix, Russian, Kalashnikov, US, North Korean, Ukraine, Korean Locations: Russia's Kursk, Moscow, Russia, Russian, Ukraine, Kursk

☆ Ukraine fooled Russia with the same deceptions Germany used at WWII's Battle of the Bulge
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The question for Ukraine is whether Kursk will fare better than Germany's Battle of the Bulge. AdvertisementWhen Ukraine unleashed its Kursk offensive in August, it wasn't just the Russians who were surprised. By massing forces for offensives in eastern Ukraine, this thinned out the rest of the 600-mile front line, including the Kursk region. For example, "Ukraine's military announced the 61st Mechanized Brigade would be moving to Vovchansk, a city in the northern sector of the fighting in eastern Ukraine," said TRADOC. Allied cryptographers had broken high-level German radio codes (the "Ultra" program), but German forces employed radio silence, and orders were conveyed by courier and telephone.

Persons: —, TRADOC, Hitler, Oleksandr Syrskyi, wouldn't, Ukraine prepped, Michael Peck Organizations: Service, US, Kremlin, British, Armed Forces of, 61st Mechanized Brigade, Defense, Foreign Policy, Rutgers Univ, Twitter, LinkedIn Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Kursk, Germany, Normandy, Ardennes, Belgium, Armed Forces of Ukraine, Nazi, Moscow, Forbes

☆ North Korea is hoping bigger is better with its new intercontinental ballistic missile. Experts are skeptical.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

North Korea said it tested a new long-range intercontinental ballistic missile this week. Related storiesPrior to this latest test, North Korea had last launched an ICBM test in December 2023, according to the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies North Korea Missile Test Database. AdvertisementHowell said the latest test's reportedly longer flight time would suggest North Korea was "improving the sophistication of its delivery systems." "Through Moscow's assistance, North Korea has advanced its artillery and missile capabilities," Zelenskyy wrote. It comes as the US and South Korea held joint drone strike drills for the first time, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Friday.

Persons: —, KCNA, Kim Jong Un, Read, kA8m36NARX, Kim Jong, Virginie Grzelczyk, Grzelczyk, Edward Howell, James Martin, Howell, Lee Sangmin, Sangmin, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, NK News, Korea, NK NEWS, School of Social Sciences, Humanities, Aston University, Korea Foundation, Chatham, Pacific Program, James Martin Center, Nonproliferation Studies North Korea Missile Test, South Korea's Korea Institute for Defense Locations: Korea, Japan, Korean, North Korea, Chatham House's Asia, South, Ukraine's, South Korea

☆ Zelenskyy proposes preemptive strikes on North Korean troops in Russia: 'It depends on our partners'
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Zelenskyy said Ukraine could strike North Korean troops there "'preemptively" with such permission. "Everyone is just waiting for the North Korean military to start striking at Ukrainians," he said. AdvertisementUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the West to lift restrictions on long-range weapons so Ukraine can strike North Korean troops in Russian "preemptively." In a post on Telegram on Friday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine could see "every site" where Russia was gathering North Korean troops on its territory. AdvertisementAustin added that North Korean troops would become "legitimate military targets" if they were to "engage in combat or combat support operations against Ukraine."

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, —, Vladimir Putin, offcials, Lloyd Austin, Austin, LwAv51LwdX, Володимир Зеленський Organizations: North Korean, Service, Ukraine, US, Russian, North Korea, Thurdsay Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Korean, Russian, America, Britain, Germany, France, Kursk, Korea, North Korea, Japan, Ukraine's

☆ 6 people in New York City have died this year after ‘subway surfing,’ a renewed social media challenge
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Alisha Ebrahimji | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —A 13-year-old girl is the latest person to lose her life in New York City while “subway surfing,” a dangerous challenge attracting young people on social media. “Subway surfing,” involves riding on top of a subway car while its moving. Six subway surfing fatalities and 181 related arrests have been recorded this year through October 27, the New York Police Department told CNN on Tuesday. The 13-year-old died while participating in a social media challenge, his mother told WPIX, adding he’d posted to social media prior videos of himself doing the stunt and she’d warned him not to ride on top of trains. TikTok previously cooperated with New York authorities to remove subway surfing content, the New York Times reported in January.

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☆ US intel says Russian actors made the fake Georgia voter fraud video — and expects more to come
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Russian influence actors created a fake Georgia voter fraud video, according to US intel officials. US intel group warns more Russian disinformation is coming. AdvertisementRussian influence actors were behind the fake Georgia voter fraud video that's been circulating online, US intelligence officials said. Related Video Ukraine launched a major drone attack on Russia over its election weekendBut it's all fake, and the result of Russian interference, the US intel group says. More disinformation is likely to crop up before Election Day and beyond, the US intel group warned.

Persons: Kamala Harris, —, Harris, CISA, Brad Raffensperger, Elon Musk, chatbots, Meta Organizations: intel, US intel, Service, National Intelligence, FBI, Infrastructure Security Agency, Ukraine, stoke, IC, Business Locations: Georgia, US, Russia, Haiti, Georgia's Gwinnett County, Fulton County, America, Moscow, Ukraine

☆ Satellite images show Russia weirdly emptied its warships out of a Black Sea Fleet base only to put them back later
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The weird behavior follows devastating Ukrainian attacks on the Black Sea Fleet. The puzzling behavior has not yet been attributed to anything in particular, but it comes against the backdrop of a Ukrainian long-range strike campaign against the Russian Black Sea Fleet. The Black Sea Fleet was long headquartered at Sevastopol, in the southwestern corner of the occupied Crimean peninsula. Related Video Ukraine's sea drones vs. Russia's Black Sea FleetRussian warships during a naval celebration in Novorossiysk in July 2022. Ukraine's Sea Baby drones have been a weapon of choice during the Black Sea campaign.

Persons: —, BlackSky, BlackSky Brady Africk, Africk, That's Organizations: Black, Service, Business, Fleet, Ukrainian, Sea Fleet, AP, US, American Enterprise Institute, Security Service, Kyiv, Russian Locations: Russian, Russia, Novorossiysk, Sevastopol, Crimean, Feodosia, Crimea, Ukraine, Kyiv, we've, Moscow

☆ Israel plans to use lasers to shoot down incoming missiles
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Nadeen Ebrahim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Dubbed the Iron Beam, the shield aims to use high-power lasers to counter an array of projectiles, including missiles, drones, rockets and mortars, Israel’s defense ministry said this week. “The initial capability of the ground-based laser system… is expected to enter operational service within one year,” he said. Israel first unveiled a prototype of the Iron Beam in 2021 and has since been working to get it up and running. From Social MediaIt is unclear if Iran has developed a laser defense system of its own. Experts say the Iron Beam could also act as a deterrent to further attacks by Iran or its proxies.

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☆ Luxury European automakers are getting crushed in China
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementThe days of European carmakers dominating China's luxury vehicle market are over. A study by AlixPartners found that Chinese automakers released 40 over-the-air software updates between March 2023 and February this year, compared with just two from legacy automakers. AdvertisementHard to quitDespite a challenging environment, Western premium automakers can ill afford to give up on China. As well as increased competition, European automakers face a geopolitical headache. AdvertisementTim Urquhart, principal automotive analyst at S&P Global Mobility, told BI the European Union's tariffs on Chinese automakers meant Beijing could impose levies on European car imports in retaliation.

Persons: —, Aston Martin, James Bond, Chris Brownridge, BYD, Lutz Meschke, Max, Xiaomi, Steve Dyer, Dyer, AlixPartners, Mercedes, GAO, China's, Tim Urquhart, Urquhart Organizations: BMW, Mercedes, Benz, Porsche, Service, upstarts, Volkswagen, Royce, British, Bloomberg, Reuters, Getty, P Global Mobility Locations: China, British, London, Korea, Western Europe, Beijing

☆ Guangdong, China: Satellite imagery shows new mystery aircraft carrier built amid breakneck naval expansion
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Edward Szekeres | Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Hong Kong CNN —China appears to have built a new and unusual aircraft carrier, intriguing experts with a potentially first-of-its-kind vessel that could further increase Beijing’s rapidly expanding maritime power. This potential new aircraft carrier “is of a somewhat unusual shape and size – much smaller than China’s previous naval aircraft carriers,” said Thomas Shugart, a former US Navy submarine commander and now a fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Another view of the satellite imagery captured on October 23, 2024, showing a potentially new class of a Chinese aircraft carrier at a shipyard in the southeastern end of the country. Only the United States Navy operates aircraft carriers bigger than the Fujian. Conducted in the South China Sea, the exercise was “aiming to enhance the integrated combat capability of the aircraft carrier formations” and was “part of the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation’s regular real-combat training in the high seas,” Xinhua said.

Persons: ”, Thomas Shugart, Shugart, –, Beijing’s, Carl Schuster, Schuster, ” Schuster, ” Song Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Planet Labs, Guangzhou Shipyard, US, Center, New, New American Security, Planet Labs PBC China, People’s Liberation Army Navy, PLAN, supercarriers, United States Navy, Center for Strategic, International Studies, “, PLA, Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence, China Coast Guard, Beijing, Coast Guard, Communist Party, Xinhua, Liaoning, US Navy, Global Times Locations: Hong Kong, China, Guangdong, New American, Fujian, Shandong, Liaoning, Naval, Washington, Shanghai, Beijing, Taiwan, Matsu, South, South China, Xinhua

☆ 5 reasons BYD is surging ahead after eclipsing Tesla's quarterly sales for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Chinese EV giant said in its third-quarter earnings on Wednesday it had surpassed Tesla's revenues from EV sales for the first time. Executives have said they want half of BYD's sales to come from abroad in the future. Unlike its rival, Tesla, BYD also offers a selection of hybrid vehicles, which are popular in China. Some 311,000 of the 500,000 passenger vehicles BYD sold in October were hybrids, with hybrid sales rising by 62% year-on-year. JADE GAO/AFP via Getty ImagesBYD has sold nearly two million hybrid vehicles this year.

Persons: BYD, Elon Musk, —, Tesla, Elon, GAO, Dylan Khoo, Stella Li, MotorTrend, Axel Schmidt, David Bailey Organizations: EV, Service, BYD, Getty, Mercedes, BMW, China, ABI Research, University of Birmingham Locations: China, Costfoto, Mexico, Brazil, Americas

☆ Strike on Iran shows Israeli Air Force's embrace of ballistic missiles
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Israel's weapon of choice in its attack on Iran was the air-launched ballistic missile. Their weapon of choice: Air-launched ballistic missiles. The Israeli Air Force's use of various ALBMs suggests some middle ground was ultimately reached. While Israel does have an arsenal of land-based Jericho intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs), these are reserved for nuclear strikes. Israel designed its Sparrow missiles to simulate Iraqi Scud and Iranian Shahab ground-launched missiles for testing its Arrow interceptor missiles, which successfully intercepted most of the incoming Iranian ballistic missiles fired at Israel on October 1.

Persons: —, Freddy Khoueiry, RANE, Air LORA, Sebastien Roblin, Roblin, Federico Borsari, ALBMs, Borsari, Israel, Avigdor Lieberman, RANE's Khoueiry Organizations: Service, Air, IDF, Rampage, Centre for, Haaretz Locations: Iran, Israel, Iraq, East, North Africa, Tehran, Khuzestan, Ilam, Tehran province

☆ Ukrainian troops fighting on Russian soil have an advantage they've never had in this war
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-31 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ukrainian troops in Russia have an advantage that they haven't had before in this war. Being on foreign soil means less pressure to defend and more strategic options, war experts say. AdvertisementUkrainian troops fighting on Russian soil have a kind of flexibility in combat that they haven't had before in this war. Ukrainian forces surged into the southwestern Russian region of Kursk in August, and at the peak of the incursion, they held about 500 square miles. AdvertisementAlberque said that in Kursk, Ukraine could ask itself: "Where can we actually defend?

Persons: it's, —, Ukraine's, Michael Bohnert, KIRILL CHUBOTIN, Libkos, Bohnert, William Alberque, Matthew Savill, Alberque, Ed Ram, they're, haven't, Alexander Ermochenko Organizations: Service, RAND Corporation, Publishing, Getty, Stimson, Royal United Services Institute, UK Ministry of Defence, Washington, REUTERS Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Russian, Kursk, Sudzha, Bakhmut, Crimea, Donbas, Avdiivka, Alexander Ermochenko Ukraine

☆ Harris and Trump's closing arguments and ancient Mayan city discovered: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

And an ancient Mayan city is discovered beneath the jungle. At a rally yesterday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, a majority-Latino city, Trump called to the lectern Puerto Rico’s Republican shadow senator, who proclaimed, “The people of Puerto Rico trust you.”Read more about Trump’s closing arguments. But what does North Korea stand to gain? But actually, an intensified partnership between Russia and North Korea is a likely boon for Kim Jong Un’s nuclear ambitions. Read All About ItStaff Pick: A vast ancient city is found by accidentAerial lidar surveys reveal ancient settlements in the Campeche region of Mexico.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Trump, “, Joe Biden, Tony Hinchcliffe, ” Biden, Biden, ”, Hurley, Bryan Birks, Jessica Hurley’s, ’, Becky Munge, Mikhail Metzel, Kim Jong, Luke Auld, Thomas, — Elizabeth Robinson, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: Republican, Trump, Trump’s New, Trump’s New York City, Puerto, NBC, Medicaid, NBC News, Getty, Pentagon, Cambridge University Press, Tulane University Locations: Trump’s New York, Allentown , Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Springfield , Illinois, North Korea, AFP, Russia, Ukraine, “, Europe, Asia, Kursk, Korea, Campeche, Mexico, New Orleans

☆ A familiar-looking Houthi torpedo could be derived from captured US tech, analysts say
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The weapon resembles a US sea drone the group captured years ago, analysts told BI. AdvertisementThe Houthi rebels in Yemen have a new torpedo to show off — and it looks familiar. Martin Kelly of the UK advisory firm EOS Risk Group, said the torpedo could derive from a US REMUS 600 drone lost in 2018. Houthi forcesPer Kelly, Iranian scientists could have turned a captive example into a "blueprint" for the homegrown weapon seen this week. He told BI that the torpedo looked like models put on display at an Iranian navy exhibition in Tehran in December 2023.

Persons: —, Al Qar'iah, Martin Kelly, REMUS, US REMUS, Per Kelly, Kelly, Mohammed Albasha Organizations: Service, EOS Risk, US MIM, US, US Defense Intelligence Agency, Geneva Graduate Institute, BI, US Navy, Pentagon, Drewry Locations: Iran, Yemen, US, Russia, Ukraine, Tehran, Iranian, Red, Israel, Gaza, Albasha

☆ Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt says future wars will be fought by AI drones and calls tanks 'useless'
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-30 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Eric Schmidt says drones are the future of warfare, calling the use of tanks "useless." AdvertisementEx-Google CEO Eric Schmidt said future wars will be fought by AI-powered drones, and urged the US military to do away with what he called "useless" tanks. In fact, buy 10, buy 20, buy 50, buy 100." Related Video Russian vs. Western-made tanks in the Ukraine warFor almost a decade, Schmidt has advised the US government and military on technology. AdvertisementAsked about the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Schmidt said he had been surprised by innovations in drone technology.

Persons: Eric Schmidt, Schmidt, —, He's, Sebastian Thrun, Forbes Organizations: Service, Future Investment Initiative, Department of Defense's Innovation, US National Security, Artificial Intelligence, Stanford University, Troops Locations: Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Russian

☆ Vast ancient Mayan city is found in a Mexican jungle — by accident
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Hannah Peart | Hannah Peart Is An Intern In The Nbc News London Bureau. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A graduate student analyzing publicly available drone data in Mexico unexpectedly stumbled across a huge ancient Mayan city buried beneath dense jungle. For centuries, the city lay hidden amid jungle canopy in the state of Campeche, on the Gulf of Mexico. New research published Tuesday in the journal Antiquity reveals sites that in total cover area about one-and-a-half times the size of Washington, D.C. The data, gathered by a research group studying land-use patterns, came to light using modern drone mapping technology known as LiDAR — light detection and ranging equipment. LiDAR maps are used by a wide range of researchers to collect data for archeological and nonarchaeological purposes, but Auld-Thomas took the data and analyzed the maps with methods used by archaeologists.

Persons: Luke Auld, Thomas, Marcello Canuto, Auld Organizations: Tulane University Locations: Mexico, Campeche, of Mexico, Washington ,, Mexican, Yucatan, Tikal, Guatemala, New Orleans , Louisiana

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