“Cartel networks are increasingly employing unmanned aircraft systems to facilitate illicit human-smuggling and actively spy on our personnel."...
Spokane arson suspect who admitted to starting Old Trails blaze had planned devastating wildfire for weeks. Meanwhile, drone incursions are impacting firefighting efforts....
The USS Lake Erie (a guided missile cruiser) and the USS Newport News (a nuclear submarine) are due in the region next week....
A masterclass in cunning and precision reminiscent of Israel's "pager" strike....
BBC: "Russian energy giant Gazprom operates a facility about ...
Iran's newly-supplied "higher-flying drones are designed to deliver bombs and return to base intact."...
"British and US intelligence says the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is on the ground in Crimea, supporting Russian drone attacks on Ukraine."...
The FAA cannot regulate model aircraft...
Pilots and other experts have expressed concern that an encounter with even a small drone could endanger both aircraft and passenger and now, officials have come up with a solution to the growing problem.
"Our sense is that it wasn't the intention to attack Israel,'' said Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a military spokesman. Nevertheless, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Israel has little tolerance for violation of its "sovereign" airspace and that its response would be "aggressive." The intercept came just hours after U.N. peacekeeping forces from the Philippines made dangerous escapes from two border outposts in Syria, where they were trapped for two days by rebel forces including the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front. Despite the rescue, some 44 Fijian peacekeepers remain in captivity three days after their position near the Quneitra crossing was overrun by rebel forces who have wrested control of the area from the Syrian army. The Nusra Front released a statement over the weekend saying they were holding the Fijians, and that they were being treated well. The group criticized the U.N. role in the Syrian civil war.
