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Hardened Structures, Nets For Drone Defense Front And Center In New Pentagon Guidance

The Pentagon openly advocating for hardening facilities against drone attacks stands in contrast to pushback from officials in recent years.
www.twz.com
 
* bump *

Whole lot of chatter about a potential false flag drone attack on the West Coast got me to thinking back to this drone mystery from late 2024.
 

Mystery drones fly near DC-area military base as Iran tensions escalate​

U.S. officials detected unidentified drones near a military installation in Washington, D.C., where top administration officials reportedly have been housed, as security concerns mount amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and with Iran.

Multiple drones were spotted in recent days near Fort Lesley J. McNair, where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth are living, The Washington Post reported, citing people briefed on the situation. The origin of the drones has not been determined.

The base, located in Southwest Washington, D.C., houses the National Defense University and senior military leadership. It also reportedly has been used to accommodate high-level administration officials amid elevated security concerns.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/m...ensions-escalate/ar-AA1Z0tbg?ocid=socialshare
 
DON'T PANIC! They are not Iranian drones.

They are just the usual extra-terrestrial craft doing their thing.

Stay calm. If Iranian drones do appear, then we will alert you to the imminent danger.
 
Someone_else said:
DON'T PANIC! They are not Iranian drones.

They are just the usual extra-terrestrial craft doing their thing.

Stay calm. If Iranian drones do appear, then we will alert you to the imminent danger.
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"We are not the droids you are looking for, humans..."
 
Drone swarms over key U.S. military bases raise concerns

Mar 27, 2026
The war in Ukraine is providing a real-time testing ground for nations defending against drones. But unidentified drones are also an ongoing concern in the United States. This month, a swarm of drones repeatedly hovered around Barksdale Air Force Base in northwest Louisiana. Liz Landers discussed more with retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula.

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Maybe someone is still wondering how a couple nukes can get lost between Barksdale and Minot.
 
Someone_else said:
Maybe someone is still wondering how a couple nukes can get lost between Barksdale and Minot.
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I missed that story.

If it happened, it's because someone wanted it to happen.

With the tools they have now, with all the surveillance cameras, all the ability to sniff out emails, monitor cellular calls, observe movement in real time...right down to fleeing liquor-store robbers...if someone gets away with something, either someone isn't interested in catching the perp, or someone connected to powerful traitors persons was involved.
 

Secret Service statement as F-16s deployed after unusual plane spotted near Mar-a-Lago​

On Sunday, in the area where President Donald Trump was spending the weekend near Palm Beach, Florida, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, also known as NORAD, intercepted an aircraft that entered the area.

Secret Service told FOX News that "During the intercept, NORAD aircraft dispensed flares, which may have been visible to the public."

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/s...-near-mar-a-lago/ar-AA1ZGiGi?ocid=socialshare
 
This post and the one below it are cross posted from the Ukraine thread and are related to drone warfare. In the second post they tald about AI controlling drones.

Post in thread 'Ukraine'

Drone arms race transforms war in Ukraine, with U.S. now learning lessons | 60 Minutes​

Mar 29, 2026
Drones, unmanned and remotely-controlled, have transformed the Ukrainian battlefield in the war with Russia. As warfare and technology evolves, the U.S. military is learning lessons from Ukraine.

13:22

Post in thread 'Ukraine'

Drone swarms: The potential AI future of drone warfare​

Mar 29, 2026
The architect of Ukraine's drone program Oleksandr Kamyshin told Holly Williams drone swarm technology that uses AI would provide a major advantage in the war with Russia, and there is an arms race for the technology. "Both countries are close. None got there yet," he told 60 Minutes.

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brosil said:
Did you know that over on the https://www.instructables.com/ site there is a 3d printed drone made with common parts that looks like a small version of one of the interceptor drones the Ukes make?
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Is this the one?

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Cheap drones are reshaping modern warfare — and catching the U.S. off guard: Over the Gulf region right now, relatively cheap Iranian drones are being taken out by costly and difficult-to-manufacture U.S. interceptor missiles. A typical Shahed-136 costs Tehran roughly $20,000 to $50,000, while interceptors, such as the Patriot and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), cost millions. (NPR)
 
Podcast here, nothing to see, can listen in one tab, play around the forum in a different tab.

Ukrainian drones learn from 4 years of war | Sitrep podcast​

May 7, 2026 Sitrep podcast | Defence explained
Ukraine has amassed so much battlefield footage from drones that it would take more than 200 years to watch. Now it’s using that footage, with machine learning, to teach drones to become more lethal.
Simon Newton explains how the country has made breakthroughs that allow the devices to identify not only potential targets, but also their most vulnerable spots.
The work could also have benefits for the UK, with talk that massive pool of training data could be shared with allies.
But does this put us on an unstoppable path to machines making life and death decisions on the battlefield? Dr. Matthew Powell, from the RAF College Cranwell, explains the practical and ethical dilemmas.
Kate Gerbeau presents, with Simon Newton.

Ukrainian drones learn from 4 years of war | Sitrep podcast

00:00 - On Sitrep this week
01:04 - Ukraine's AI drone breakthrough - and the UK
17:48 - What comes next?
25:21 - Can militaries afford to keep humans?
38:08 - Moscow memories and security co-operation
 

The footage that reveals Ukraine's ultra realistic battlefield drone training​

May 13, 2026 #bfbsforcesnews #forcesnews #news
Footage sent to BFBS Forces News shows Ukrainian recruits being hit by training drones as instructors recreate the threat waiting for them on the frontline.
A Ukrainian soldier is seen being struck by a drone flown by a fellow soldier, with a dummy charge producing a puff of smoke to simulate a strike.
More: https://www.forcesnews.com/ukraine/uk...

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I suspect this is just a transitory phase. Not unlike Trench Warfare. Once a method comes along, dealing with them - it shouldn't cost much to put nylon nets along areas, strung on poles like power transmission lines...they'll fell most of them.

Jamming the radio instruction is already done...yeah, fiber optics. Surely a blade or chopper could be set up to cut THOSE. Like the machetes set up upright on the hoods WWII jeeps, to cut fine wire and string at neck level...set up to decapitate occupants in open trucks.

All this does show, though, that victory belongs to the creative. That right now is not us. We've gotten into the habit of just creating gargantuan sums of fiat, sending them to our political munitions manufacturers, and aiming these kludgy weapons and systems at Bedouins and guerrillas. With some kills.

But just as George Washington found a way to beat the British, by ignoring their self-imposed rules of warfare, which rather resembled parade marches...just as the Luftwaffe discovered a better use for aircraft than photography...use them in a swarm, create firestorms, and quickly fly out...now it's drones, and now it's challenging the entrenched concepts and practices.

We're not responding well. It's unfortunate, because our generals should have spent less time demanding fiat for the MIC and more time studying the history of warfare. We got bested. By better ideas.

Now we can adapt, or lose. I suspect we will lose, because the MIC is gonna prevent any shift away from the lucrative Status Quo.
 

In northern Ukraine, it was boy vs. Russian drone. The boy won.​

CHERNIHIV, Ukraine — On a cool evening last month, 12-year-old Anatolii Prokhorenko was up in a pear tree, cutting off a damaged branch for a neighbor, when he heard the buzz of a drone.

That sound often means death in Ukraine, and not just for soldiers on the front lines. Increasingly, civilians are tracked, chased and attacked by small, commercially available drones equipped with cameras, rigged with explosives and steered by fingers-on-joysticks a dozen miles away.

Read the rest here:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...rone-the-boy-won/ar-AA23fVaS?ocid=socialshare
 

US Testing Its New Super Advanced Drone Killer For the First Time​

May 15, 2026
Welcome back to the Fluctus Channel, as we explore how U.S. forces are building layered defenses to detect, jam, trap, and destroy fast and dangerous enemy drones before they strike.

16:41
 
  • Russia’s State Duma has passed a law allowing certain financial institutions to operate anti-drone defense systems.
  • The law, passed Tuesday, also permits staff to be armed.
  • Drone strikes are an everyday feature of the Ukraine war, with Moscow finding it increasingly difficult to defend against attacks.

Russia just passed a law allowing its central bank to down drones

Russia's State Duma has passed a law allowing certain financial institutions to operate anti-drone defense systems after attacks on its territory.
www.cnbc.com
 
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