Ukraine Turns To AI-Controlled Guns To Stop Russian #Drones

Earlier Shaheds were equipped with warheads optimized to damage infrastructure, recent models are armed with #shrapnel #warheads & #ClusterMunitions in deliberate attempt to maximize #civilian #casualties

Radar-guided weapons function without human intervention. Plan is to raise $1.5mil for 10 turrets, enough for defensive coverage of a small city

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2025/05/27/ukraine-turns-to-ai-controlled-guns-to-stop-russian-shahed-drones/

#DroneAttacks #StandWithUkraine #SkySentinel #AirDefense

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

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#Russian forces used drones with #thermobaric #warheads in mass attack on #Kharkiv injuring at least 51

Kharkiv Prosecutor’s Office said the strike involved 15+ loitering munitions (drones)

Investigators found Russian drones carried thermobaric munitions, a type of weapon known for generating powerful blast waves, high-temperature clouds vaporising targets. It may be violation of #humanitarian law

There were not any military targets,

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-used-thermobaric-weapons-in-drone-strike-on-kharkiv-ukrainian-prosecutors-say/

#RussianAggression

France to deploy fighter jets with nuclear warheads on German border

#France will deploy #Rafale fighter jets with #supersonic #nuclear #warheads along its border with #Germany in 2035

The move comes as the U.S. shifts its focus away from Europe and Ukraine, signaling that the continent may not be able to rely on Washington for its future security.

https://kyivindependent.com/france-to-deploy-fighter-jets-with-nuclear-warheads-on-german-border-by-2035-macron-says/

#Europe #EU #TrumpIsARussianAsset #DictatorTrump #NATO #Trump #RussianAggression #RussiaInvadedUkraine

Ukraine strikes drone storage facility in Russia’s Oryol Oblast and destroys 200 #Shaheds on Jan 26

The strike targeted concrete structures housing 'thermobaric #warheads for #drones, causing a significant secondary detonation.

“The results and extent of the damage are being specified, but it is preliminary known that more than 200 ‘Shaheds’ will no longer be used against our country,”

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-strikes-drone-storage-facility-in-russias-oryol-oblast-and-destroys-200-shaheds-general-staff-reports/

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine #UkrainianDrones #thermobaric

New Russian missile fired at #Ukraine carried #warheads without explosives, sources say

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-missile-fired-ukraine-carried-173413427.html

Russia producing thermobaric drones, capable of causing #grotesque civilian harm

#Thermobaric #warheads create high pressure wave of heat capable of penetrating thick walls

Damage from thermobaric #drones cause damage that is simply terrifying for #civilian populations to endure, including collapsed lungs, crushed eyeballs, and brain damage, according to a source familiar with Russian drone production.

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-producing-thermobaric-drones-capable-of-causing-simply-terrifying-damage-to-civilians-ap-reports/

#RussianTerrorists #terrorists #escalation #colonialism #invasion

@unfinishedsymphony
#FACTCHECK:

This program upgrades old #Nuclear Fission #warheads into newer Nuclear Fusion warheads, and generally maintains the current arsenal. It does NOT increase the supply of #NuclearWeapons, and newer Fusion warheads actually have FAR LESS #NuclearFallout than the old ones: this decreases the risk of #civilian exposure to nuclear elements, and #NuclearWinter.

This is an alternative to #Putin attempting to fire a #missile recently which malfunctioned and destroyed the entire launch site.

While nuclear weapons are a dangerous thing to have, and preferably should NEVER be used, #NATO keeps a supply for retaliatory purposes: Russia alone has more nuclear weapons than all of NATO combined.

NATO's nuclear weapons are only usable in specific, retaliatory and existential circumstances, such as a full-scale nuclear first-strike by Putin.

Either way, as having nuclear weapons is neither new nor exclusively #US policy, the claim that it increases the likelihood of #NuclearWar is FALSE.