Kill chain: British Army tests new Anduril battlefield spy drones

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The British Army has field tested a range of new AI drone equipment. The military wants to shorten so-called ‘kill chains’ using technology from AI war firm Anduril among others. An entire infantry unit was re-purposed to train in drone warfare. The regiment did so on UK terrain chosen to “closely resemble the heavily forested landscape of Finland”. The army’s website said: Unlike traditional infantry units, these battalions won’t just rely on soldiers moving across the ground. Instead, they will specialise in drones and other unmanned systems to find and defeat enemies in the air and across the electronic spectrum — an…

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UN says drones killed over 1000 people in Sudan civil war in 2026

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The United Nations (UN) has said that over 1000 people have been killed by drones in Sudan in 2026. Both the Sudanese state military and the UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces militia use drones. The three-year old war has displaced millions and killed thousands. UN human rights chief Volker Turk said: We are seeing a global shift in how war is waged. The UN has warned for many years against the development of lethal autonomous weapons. This reality is now upon us. Adding that: Relentless drone attacks have caused mass casualties and terrorized civilians. Turk was speaking at a UN event in…

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Israel’s AI drones hoover up info to prioritise which Palestinians to kill

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Leaked military documents show how AI helps Israel’s killer drones target and surveil Palestinians. The algorithms also allow the settler-colonial military to gather information and build a sharper picture of the ‘battlefield’. The technology is added on to Hermes drones which patrol occupied Palestine. Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported in June: The algorithm independently analyzes the intelligence gathered by the drones’ sensors and cameras, automatically detecting targets, classifying them and deciding whether to track them or pass them on – to the command center, air force pilots or troops on the ground. The paper said the leaked files “reveal a previously unreported…

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Carns calls drones “most effective killing weapon” the same day he deploys mine hunting drones to Hormuz

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Former special forces soldier-turned-defence minister Alistair Carns boasted on Wednesday that drones were the “most effective killing weapons” at a summit in Riga, Latvia. Thousands of miles away, the Ministry of Defence posted a video of Carns on Wednesday that showed him “droning about drones” on the RFA Lyme Bay, which they said had left Gibraltar for a mine-hunting mission in the Strait of Hormuz. The post said: RFA Lyme Bay has left Gibraltar, carrying underwater drones and cutting-edge minehunting kit, ahead of a potential deployment to safeguard navigation in the Strait of Hormuz. Alistair Carns explains why this autonomous tech…

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