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Ukraine hits Russian energy facilities with drones
The Ukrainian Air Force said it intercepted nine out of 10 combat drones launched by Russia overnight, as well as one Russian cruise missile, with no damage reported in the attacks. Drones flew in the other direction, too, with the Russian Defence Ministry saying on Monday that 39 Ukrainian drones were downed over its border regions. A Ukrainian drone attack…
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Defence
FCTA to boost security with drones – Wike
The Minister of the Federal Capital territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration has begun the procurement processes for drones to boost the security architecture of the territory. Wike disclosed this when the Consul-General of the Embassy of Hungary in Nigeria, Mr Endre Deri visited him in Abuja on Thursday. The minister, while responding to the consul-general comments…
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Asia
India deploys drones, fire trucks to fight locusts
As India continues its battle with the coronavirus pandemic a new kind of invasion is threatening to destroy vital crops and vegetation – the worst locust swarm the country has seen in almost 30 years – and it is sending drones and fire trucks to stall the invasion of the horned insects. Waves of desert locusts — millions strong and…
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Africa
U.N. forces use drones for first time, in eastern Congo
United Nations forces in Democratic Republic of Congo launched unmanned aircraft on Tuesday to monitor the volatile border with Rwanda and Uganda, the first time U.N. peacekeepers have deployed surveillance drones. The aircraft will be used to look out for threats from a host of local and foreign armed groups in the mineral rich east where Congo and U.N. experts…
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