Russia has released footage claiming a flight of a “Flamingo” FP-5 cruise missile during the attack on Moscow during the night of October 27.

rg.ru/2025/08/17/f... Some pics I had not seen before of a 'Spear; attack drone? - @covertshores.bsky.social

Ukraine's decoys are a force-multiplier in their strategic campaign against Russian refineries - @covertshores.bsky.social referenced your work, this should look familiar www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

x.com/UKikaski/sta... @covertshores.bsky.social a new one?

A military-grade reusable bomber might be more effective than single-use FPVs in the long run -- like the BEAK now being used in Ukraine, my take for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

New in unabridged audio - from The Cthulhu Mythos Anthology Series - THE BOOK OF GHOULS - @davidhambling.bsky.social @ctphipps.bsky.social Philip Hemplow, Matthew Davenport & Eric Malikyte - Performed by Gary Noon.

Birds of Magyar has gown at astonishing speed from a platoon to a whole drone strike regiment, in a process more like the growth of a successful tech start than a military unit -- my take for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

A new stage in drone war evolution as Ukraine's interceptor drones start taking down Russia's Shahed strategic attack drones , my take for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

Ukraine is rapidly developing new tactics and technology for its evolving fleet of FPV motherships - my take for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

Making yourself rather than importing is even more important when it comes to drones -- and Ukraine has reached an important milestone www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

Drones can precisely place anti-vehicle mines on roads and tracks, making them far more likely to find a target. Now Ukraine is mass producing mines for delivery by drone , my take for Forbes bertie.forbes.com#/compose?id=...

💥 Drone attacks with real-time control have become increasingly systematic against Russian targets in Crimea. t.me/DIUkraine/5627

Low cost acoustic detectors with AI plus long-range precise attack drones spell doom for heavy artillery -- my take for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

A deadly electronic warfare arms race is under way in Ukraine as Russia keeps upgrading the Kometa antenna on its drones and glide bombs and Ukraine keeps jamming it -- my take for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2025/03/27/ukrainian-lives-hang-on-a-deadly-electronic-warfare-arms-race/

"‘Who would have thought that such small drones would become the main weapon of modern warfare?" - yeah, who would have thought it? ("Swarm Troopers: How small drones will conquer the world" was published in 2015)

Cyberattacks can insert malware to bring drones down; British company Periphery will defend Ukrainian drones against these cyber threats www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

Trump's phone call with Putin has had one important result: it has revealed just how worried the Russians are about drone attacks in their oil facilities - my take for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

Lithuanian company Granta Autonomy is one of the few foreign suppliers able to provide effective, low-cost drones with advanced AI to Ukraine -- CEO and co-founder Gediminas Guoba told me how they do it www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

Here are losses I could identify for March 17th: 209 💀 24093 👻 in 202 past days #SkullThrone sources: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

A Russian blogger claims their dramatic success if Kursk is the result of a 'revolution' in drone tactics which signal a return to maneuver warfare, my take for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

Unlikely but interesting

A column of thick smoke rises over Volgograd following a night-time Ukrainian drone attack.

Significant new capability

Putting something as powerful as a 12-guage shotgun on a small drone is a challenge due to the recoil, but Ukrainian engineers found a simple solution - my take for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

Checkmate.

Russia is upgrading its counter-logistics drone attacks

That's three times as many as 2024, 20 times as many as 2023 and will cause a huge amount of damage

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A new double barreled FPV net launcher by the Ukrainian company Ptashka. Two lightweight net launchers are intended for both active hunting or equipment protection from Russian fiber optic FPVs. t.me/wunderfpv/443

🇺🇦 Ukraine has received its first tranche of £752 million (approximately $947 million) from the United Kingdom, secured by proceeds from frozen Russian assets, according to Reuters. www.reuters.com/world/ukrain...

FPV drones with machine vision to lock on target are still far from perfect, but they are progressing --my take for Forbes -https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2025/03/05/ukrainian-fpv-operator-reviews-ai-enabled-lock-on-target-drones/

Smart software from Palladyne turns existing Teal quadcopters into a collaborative swarm working together with minimal human input, my take for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

Destruction of a Russian BMP-3 after an unsuccesful assault in the Lyman direction. Work by the 66th Mechanized Brigade.

The Russians are developing a laser system called “Blind Man” (Слепыш) to dazzle FPV cameras. Guidance is based on a camera and thermal imager, with machine learning control that was fed a dataset of 120 million files. The main targets will be fiber optic and machine vision FPVs.

Last night, a thermobaric ammunition depot of the Russian Armed Forces was destroyed near Selydove, as reported by the General Staff. Three significant targets were struck, including the Ilsk Oil Refinery. More results are being clarified.

In February Russian launched almost 4,000 long-range attack drones - ten times as many as Feb 2024. Can Ukraine stem this onslaught? My take for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

Russian published video of Ukraine drone bombarding Russian targets with FAB-250 airbombs.

"Back then we didn't have much. Life was hard, work was dangerous and times were tough. But my God at least we had each other - the country was united. In my lifetime that has been thoroughly lost”

Ukraine is scaling up domestic fiber optics. SSO has tested Ukrainian-made Silkworm fiber-optic modules. They can be installed not only on FPV drones but also on ground robotic systems and used to control surface & underwater drones. FPV drones equipped with Silkworm can operate over 20 km distances

Russian losses per 22/02/25 reported by the Ukrainian General Staff +1140 men +15 tanks +9 AFVs +66 artillery systems +155 UAVs

At night, Russia launched 162 Shahed drones into Ukraine, 82 of them were shot down and another 75 were supressed by electronic warfare.

Ukrainian FPV intercepts Russian FPV.

The 71st Jaeger Brigade repelled a massive Russian mechanized attack in the Pokrovsk direction. Several pieces of heavy equipment were destroyed.

Here are losses I could identify for the 17th: 128 💀 17831 👻 in 157 past days #SkullThrone Sources: losses.ukrdailyupdate.com

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/1. Just now! Russian Syzran oil refinery is under drone attack. Fire on the territory of the refinery is reported.

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A new report by UK defense thinktank RUSI shows that two thirds of Russian losses are caused by tactical drones -- in other words, drones are destroying twice as much as by every other weapon in their arsenal put together , my take for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...

Ukraine's newest FPV attack drone hides underwater and strikes from the deep (or the shallow) - my latest for Forbes www.forbes.com/sites/davidh...