drones
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Malaysia and Indonesia have expressed interest in purchasing armed drones from Turkish defense firm Baykar This signals a soaring global demand for Turkish drones after their impact during combat in Syria, Ukraine and Libya On Sept. 21, Baykar delivered 20 armed drones to the United Arab Emirates “Many Asian countries, especially Malaysia and Indonesia, show…
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Taiwan has fired warning shots at three unidentified drones that flew near its outlying islands. It is not clear who was flying the drones, but all three were seen flying back towards the Chinese mainland, said Taiwan’s defence ministry. It comes as Taipei has over the past weeks complained of Chinese drones flying close to…
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Crop breeders grow thousands of potential varieties at a time but, until now, observations of key traits were made by hand. In a new study, unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, were used successfully to remotely evaluate and predict soybean maturity timing in tests of potential varieties. The use of drones for this purpose could…
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Extremists in Nigeria have begun using drones, the country’s president says, opening a worrying new front in the region’s nearly decade-long fight against Boko Haram, an offshoot linked to the Islamic State. President Muhammadu Buhari announced the development during a meeting of countries contributing troops to a multinational force combating the extremists. Deadly attacks…
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Two people have been arrested in connection with the “criminal use of drones” which has caused widespread disruption to flights at Gatwick Airport. Sussex Police said a man and a woman were detained by officers “in the Gatwick area” at around 10pm local time on Friday, Press Association reports. Meanwhile, Gatwick Airport said on Saturday morning…
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Drones serve different purposes although they’re synonymous with military airstrikes, border security, deliveries and in some cases, used by civilians who love controlling flying objects in the air. Companies like BBC, Amazon, UPS and BT, among a host of others, have applied the use of drones for an effective and efficient service delivery. The administration of…
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