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A fire deliberately set by suspected saboteurs damaged 11 of 17 antennas at a Starlink satellite facility near Sofia, Bulgaria, with two German passport holders detained and links probed to a similar attack on a Starlink ground terminal in Poland, amid suspicions of Russian intelligence involvement.
Drones, likely Russian, sank two cargo ships and damaged a third inside the exclusive economic zones of NATO members Bulgaria and Romania in the Black Sea, killing several sailors and marking a notable escalation in hybrid attacks on commercial shipping.
A large-scale Ukrainian drone attack involving hundreds of drones is currently targeting Moscow.
A Russian drone equipped with an Nvidia Jetson Orin chip autonomously selected and struck a target in Ukraine, killing three civilians, marking the first documented case of fully autonomous AI-guided lethal action in the conflict.
Examining the battlefields of Ukraine as a preview of how modern technology, including drones and AI, is transforming the nature of warfare.
Quantum Systems, a Munich drone startup, raised $1.2B at an $8B valuation. Its Vector drone, proven in Ukraine, uses AI navigation without GPS and has open software, appealing to European governments.
A Ukrainian drone manufacturer revealed that fully autonomous drones were used in a one-time test two years ago, reportedly killing Russian soldiers without human intervention, marking a milestone in AI-guided weaponry despite ongoing legal and ethical concerns.
Russia is pressuring university students to become wartime drone pilots by offering incentives like tuition and bonuses, despite the risk of combat death, as part of its effort to expand drone forces.