# drone attack (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover drone attack. Page: Feed: --- ## [US approves possible $4.5 billion sale of KC-46As, equipment to Qatar](https://www.militarytimes.com/global/mideast-africa/2026/08/20/us-approves-possible-45-billion-sale-of-kc-46as-equipment-to-qatar/) _2026-08-20 · Cristina Stassis · Military Times_ The U.S. Department of State approved a possible $4.5 billion Foreign Military Sale to Qatar for up to four KC-46As and related equipment. ## [Historic meeting brings West Papua’s humanitarian crisis to Australian Parliament](https://www.freewestpapua.org/2026/08/20/historic-meeting-brings-west-papuas-humanitarian-crisis-to-australian-parliament/) _2026-08-20 · Free West Papua Campaign_ The Australian chapter of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) held its first public meeting on Monday 17th August at Parliament House in Canberra. This historic meeting, which took place on the same day as the 81st anniversary of Indonesia’s Independence Day, was hosted by Senator David Shoebridge, IPWP Vice Chair for Australia, and marks a \[…\] The post Historic meeting brings… ## [‘Everybody loves a winner’: US-Ukraine intel sharing surges as Kyiv racks up wins](https://www.militarytimes.com/global/europe/2026/08/17/everybody-loves-a-winner-us-ukraine-intel-sharing-surges-as-kyiv-racks-up-wins/) _2026-08-17 · Katie Livingstone · Military Times_ U.S. intelligence sharing with Ukraine has rebounded to full strength as Kyiv’s mid- and deep-range strikes continue to hammer Russia’s oil industry. ## [Patriot makers hedge on Ukraine production deal as officials question cause of hold-up](https://www.militarytimes.com/global/europe/2026/08/14/patriot-makers-hedge-on-ukraine-production-deal-as-officials-question-cause-of-hold-up/) _2026-08-14 · Katie Livingstone · Military Times_ Though Trump promised Kyiv a license to build Patriot missile interceptors last month, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have put the brakes on production. ## [CENTCOM launches multinational attack drone task force](https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/08/14/centcom-launches-multinational-attack-drone-task-force/) _2026-08-14 · Cristina Stassis · Military Times_ Task Force Falcon Strike will employ one-way attack drones composed of unmanned systems from above, on and below the sea. ## [Interim President: Boycott Indonesian Independence Day in West Papua](https://www.freewestpapua.org/2026/08/11/interim-president-boycott-indonesian-independence-day-in-west-papua/) _2026-08-11 · Free West Papua Campaign_ As President of the ULMWP, I call on all West Papuans to boycott Indonesian Independence Day on August 17th. West Papua is a graveyard. If we celebrate Indonesian Independence Day, we dishonour the hundreds of thousands of West Papuans killed under Indonesian colonial rule. This includes more than fifty Papuan civilians who have been killed \[…\] The post Interim President: Boycott Indonesian… ## [Corporate America’s China Neutrality Trap](https://nationalinterest.org/feature/corporate-americas-china-neutrality-trap) _2026-08-10 · Isaac Stone Fish, Paul J. Saunders · Three Questions Podcast Archives - The National Interest_ A crisis in US-China relations will put American companies in a dilemma, forcing them to take sides. The post Corporate America’s China Neutrality Trap appeared first on The National Interest . ## [What Can We Do About Drone Attacks on Civilians? Some Thoughts](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/what-can-we-do-about-drone-attacks-on-civilians-some-thoughts/) _2026-08-04 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ Lately, I've been spending a lot of time analyzing, reporting on, and researching the horrifying global uptick in the use of small, cheap, short-range drones to intentionally target and kill civilians - a a type of aerial violence that has become exponentially more common since early 2024. I ## [Just one in three Americans backs Iran war, most unsure of Trump’s goals, poll finds](https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2026/07/31/just-one-in-three-americans-back-iran-war-most-unsure-of-trumps-goals-poll-finds/) _2026-07-31 · Bo Erickson and Jason Lange, Reuters · Military Times_ A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 69% of Americans think President Donald Trump has not “clearly explained the goals of U.S. military involvement in Iran.” ## [Iran to get Chinese shoulder-launched missile systems in weeks, sources say](https://www.militarytimes.com/industry/techwatch/2026/07/30/iran-to-get-chinese-shoulder-launched-missile-systems-in-weeks-sources-say/) _2026-07-30 · John Irish and Jonathan Saul, Reuters · Military Times_ Iran is expected to receive within weeks a first shipment out of up to 400 Chinese-made shoulder-fired air defense missile launchers. ## [Browse ThreatCrush Modules (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jUpH7EIAnb3r) _2026-07-30 · **Sponsored**_ Install community-built security modules to extend real-time threat intelligence and monitoring ## [Ukraine’s F-16s are being worn out from intercepting Russian drones](https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/ukraine/2026/07/30/ukraines-f-16s-are-being-worn-out-from-intercepting-russian-drones/) _2026-07-30 · Michael Peck · Military Times_ Ukrainian F-16s have destroyed more than 2,500 one-way attack drones, but repeated interceptions are wearing out the country's small fleet. ## [Iran says Ukrainian attack on vessel in Caspian Sea killed sailor](https://www.militarytimes.com/global/mideast-africa/2026/07/26/iran-says-ukrainian-attack-on-vessel-in-caspian-sea-killed-sailor/) _2026-07-26 · Reuters · Military Times_ Tehran described the attack on its vessel as an act of aggression while accusing Kyiv of seeking to expand the war in Ukraine. ## [From steppe to sea, a Ukrainian drone unit hunts Russian ships](https://www.militarytimes.com/global/europe/2026/07/24/from-steppe-to-sea-a-ukrainian-drone-unit-hunts-russian-ships/) _2026-07-24 · Sergiy Karazy and Dan Peleschuk, Reuters · Military Times_ Drone units operating far behind the front line on Ukraine’s sweeping steppe have hit more than 180 vessels and other sea-borne targets in recent weeks. ## [Interim President: Indonesia using civilian aircraft as weapons of war](https://www.freewestpapua.org/2026/07/23/interim-president-indonesia-using-civilian-aircraft-as-weapons-of-war/) _2026-07-23 · Free West Papua Campaign_ Following the killing of US pilot Nicholas Gosselin by the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB), more evidence has emerged that Indonesia is systematically and consistently using civilian aircraft and humanitarian organisations for military purposes in West Papua. A number of photos and videos release over the past weeks clearly show Indonesian civilian planes, like the PT AMA \[…\] The post… ## [Pentagon identifies third American soldier killed in Iranian attack in Jordan](https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/07/21/pentagon-identifies-third-american-soldier-killed-in-iranian-attack-in-jordan/) _2026-07-21 · Claire Barrett · Military Times_ Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, is believed to be the third active-duty soldier killed in action in an Iranian attack in Jordan, the DoD said. ## [How Ukraine’s Drone Campaign Is Testing Russia’s Oil Industry](https://nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-world/how-ukraines-drone-campaign-is-testing-russias-oil-industry) _2026-07-13 · Paul J. Saunders, Sergey Vakulenko · Three Questions Podcast Archives - The National Interest_ Can Ukraine's attacks disrupt Russia's energy sector, weaken its war effort, and alter the long-term future of Russian oil? The post How Ukraine’s Drone Campaign Is Testing Russia’s Oil Industry appeared first on The National Interest . ## [Interim President: Two Papuans killed as ULMWP commemorates OPM declaration](https://www.freewestpapua.org/2026/06/30/interim-president-two-papuans-killed-as-ulmwp-commemorates-opm-declaration/) _2026-06-30 · Free West Papua Campaign_ Today, we commemorate the 55th anniversary of the independence declaration of the OPM at Markas Victoria on July 1, 1971. This historic declaration, the second in the history of West Papua, was a critical moment in our struggle – a powerful rejection of Indonesian colonisation and the Act of No Choice that enabled it. As enshrined in our \[…\] The post Interim President: Two Papuans killed as ULMWP… ## [Interim President: Indonesian drone attacks killing West Papuan women and children](https://www.freewestpapua.org/2026/06/25/interim-president-indonesian-drone-attacks-killing-west-papuan-women-and-children/) _2026-06-25 · Free West Papua Campaign_ Indonesia is again using drones to kill innocent West Papuan women and children. On 18 June 2026, two Papuan women, Otovina Hogajau and Aliana Pogau, were seriously injured by an Indonesian drone strike in Danggoa Village, Intan Jaya Regency. One later died from her wounds. These were village women, returning from collecting sweet potatoes in \[…\] The post Interim President: Indonesian drone… [Listen](https://www.freewestpapua.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/signal-2026-06-25-130107_003.mp4) ## [My Map of Small Drone Attacks on Civilians, and Russia's Drone Assault on the Elderly](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/my-map-of-small-drone-attacks-on-civilians-and-russias-drone-assault-on-the-elderly/) _2026-06-15 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ Over the last two weeks, I've made many improvements to my map of targeted small drone attacks on civilians from across the world. You should go look at them. These improvements include: Something like 2000+ new cases of small drone attacks on civilians from the Ukraine conflict, which ## [Interim President: Expel Indonesia from MSG after two West Papuans killed in drone attacks](https://www.freewestpapua.org/2026/06/09/interim-president-expel-indonesia-from-msg-after-two-west-papuans-killed-in-drone-attacks/) _2026-06-09 · Free West Papua Campaign_ Indonesia’s campaign of terror in the West Papuan highlands continues, as two West Papuans – including an 18-year-old girl – have been murdered by TNI drone attacks in the past three weeks. The first attack took place in Sugapa, Intan Jaya Regency, on 17th May, as a drone-operated bomb exploded in the courtyard of the St. Paul \[…\] The post Interim President: Expel Indonesia from MSG after two West… ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vGeEqkN2xzD5) _2026-06-09 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [What Is the National Interest?](https://nationalinterest.org/feature/what-is-the-national-interest) _2026-06-03 · Paul J. Saunders · Three Questions Podcast Archives - The National Interest_ How should the United States define and prioritize its goals in 2026? The post What Is the National Interest? appeared first on The National Interest . ## [Interim President: Indonesia has kidnapped Pesta Babi star to hide ecocide](https://www.freewestpapua.org/2026/06/02/interim-president-indonesia-have-kidnapped-pesta-babi-star-to-hide-ecocide/) _2026-06-02 · Free West Papua Campaign_ Indonesia has kidnapped and threatened Mama Yasinta Moiwend (Mama Sinta), one of the Marind tribe featured in the documentary Pesta Babi, into denying the film and its message. Pesta Babi, which focuses on the Merauke sugarcane megaproject, reveals a simple fact: that Indonesia is destroying West Papua’s ancestral forest for profit. It is a moderate film, which \[…\] The post Interim President:… ## [War Crimes With Drones, Social Media, and the Elusive Butterfly That is Shame](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/war-crimes-with-drones-social-media-and-the-elusive-butterfly-that-is-shame/) _2026-05-22 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ If I had to pick one overarching theme to describe our current global moment, it'd have to be "shamelessness." The concept of shame, or the lack thereof, comes up in a lot in the research work I've been doing on how combatants are increasingly ## [Interim President Wenda: Indonesia should be expelled from MSG and PIF for killing Melanesians](https://www.freewestpapua.org/2026/05/19/interim-president-wenda-indonesia-should-be-expelled-from-msg-and-pif-for-killing-melanesians/) _2026-05-19 · Free West Papua Campaign_ On behalf of the ULMWP and West Papuan people, I demand that Indonesia’s Associate Membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) and Dialogue Partner status in the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) are immediately revoked. After the massacres last week, the latest examples of the TNI’s colonial brutality took place in Timika and Intan Jaya, where soldiers planted bombs on the bodies \[…\] The post… ## [Interim President: Genocide continues as Indonesia massacres ten West Papuans](https://www.freewestpapua.org/2026/05/11/interim-president-genocide-continues-as-indonesia-massacres-ten-west-papuans/) _2026-05-11 · Free West Papua Campaign_ Summary of events from May 1st to May 10th 2026: While the world looks away, genocide continues in West Papua. Indonesian security forces have committed a series of new mass killings over the past ten days, executing at least ten Papuans and shooting many more. According to on-the-ground reports from the TPNPB and humanitarian defenders, \[…\] The post Interim President: Genocide continues as… ## [Strategic Implications of the Iran War](https://nationalinterest.org/feature/strategic-implications-of-the-iran-war) _2026-05-04 · Paul J. Saunders, Nikolas K. Gvosdev · Three Questions Podcast Archives - The National Interest_ A look at how the Iran War intersects with the Ukraine War, what it might take to settle the Iran War, and what China is learning. The post Strategic Implications of the Iran War appeared first on The National Interest . ## [President Wenda: Stop Indonesia’s crackdown on peaceful protest](https://www.freewestpapua.org/2026/04/28/president-wenda-stop-indonesias-crackdown-on-peaceful-protest/) _2026-04-28 · Free West Papua Campaign_ On behalf of the ULMWP and the West Papuan people, I demand that Indonesia cease their crackdown on peaceful protest in the wake of the massacres in Dogiyai and Puncak. The West Papua National Committee has organised numerous peaceful demonstrations against Indonesian colonialism since the military (TNI) murdered fifteen West Papuans in the Puncak massacre on April 15th. \[…\] The post President… ## [Small Drone Attacks Are Killing More Civilians Than Ever Before: I Made a Map About It](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/targeted-drone-attacks-are-killing-more-civilians-than-ever-before-i-made-a-map-about-it/) _2026-04-08 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ Around the world, armed groups are intentionally killing civilians with small, inexpensive drones. And they're committing these murders at totally unprecedented rates. The figures, when they're available, are sobering. Per data from the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), 577 civilians were killed and ## [Rejecting Reality in the Age of AI](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/rejecting-reality-in-the-age-of-ai-2/) _2026-01-06 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ In 2025, many people don't just believe that Online is of equal importance to Offline. They believe that Online is the only place that really matters at all. I look into how the Internet and AI are encouraging more and more people to deny reality itself. ## [The USA Bans Foreign-Made Drones, in Trump's Grand Idiot Tradition](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-usa-bans-foreign-made-drones-in-trumps-grand-idiot-tradition/) _2025-12-23 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ The USA has officially banned the import of all foreign made drones and "critical components." I explain what happened, and why this will only hurt American interests. ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/frPHfSZFIUsj) _2025-12-23 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [The Three Dreams You Need to Make a Drone: Tower-Jumpers and Hungry Eagles](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-anc/) _2025-12-08 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ To get to drones, we needed to learn to fly first. And throughout the generations upon generations that were required to get humanity into the air, that process often involved a lot of very hands-on experimentation. Earlier in this series, I discussed the tragic fate of the French tailor ## [The Three Dreams You Need to Make a Drone: The Fear and Fantasy of Flying](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-three-dreams-you-need-to-make-a-drone-2/) _2025-11-13 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ There is something deeply rooted in our psyche that is both appalled and fascinated by the prospect of a human being flying like a bird, by this act that is both deeply unnatural and has also become, over the course of about 120 years, totally pedestrian for us jaded residents ## [The Three Dreams You Need to Make a Drone: Pondering Orbs, Black Mirrors, and World-Viewing Cups](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-three-dreams-you-need-to-make-a-drone-pondering-orbs-black-mirrors-and-wor/) _2025-11-03 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ Staring into the mysterious depths of a sacred water-filled cup. Lighting a match in front of a mirror round' midnight. Pondering an orb at the top of a sweet-looking tower. These atmospheric activities all involve objects that humans have, at some point, believed could be used by ## [The Three Dreams You Need to Make a Drone: Death Rays, Brass Horses, and Dragon-Surprising Mirrors](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-three-dreams-you-need-to-make-a-drone-death-rays-brass-horses-and-dragon-surprising-mirrors/) _2025-10-27 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ There is something creepy about mirrors, an otherworldly and fascinating quality that writers and thinkers have returned to repeatedly throughout the ages. When I was about four, my grandmother, a scientifically-minded type, took me into their master bathroom and directed my attention to the mirrors on the closet, which ## [The Three Dreams You Need to Make a Drone: Forgotten Technologies, Towers, and Roman Shitposting](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-three-dreams-you-need-to-make-a-drone-forgotten-technologies-towers-and-roman-shitposting/) _2025-10-20 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ Humanity has long dreamed of being able to see everything around us. From the perspective of a bird. From the perspective of a god. From the perspective of a vast network of god-like eyes. Today, we have constructed tools, like drones and satellites and airplanes, that allow us to ## [The Virtual Pet Games of My 90s Youth and AI Ethics: Some Thoughts](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-virtual-pet-games-of-my-90s-youth-and-ai-ethics-some-thoughts/) _2025-09-05 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ Back in the 1990s and early 2000s, back when I was a mere dweeby child, there existed a tween-driven online social movement against the cruel practice of abusing pets. This movement was not about the abuse of living, flesh and blood pets (although I'm sure its proponents ## [I Answer Some Of Your Burning Drone Questions](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/i-answer-some-of-your-burning-drone-questions/) _2025-08-19 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ Whenever drones pop up in the news, whenever they buzz unnervingly again into popular perception, people ask me what I think about these latest developments on social media. Most of the time, and regardless of the precipitating drone-related event in the news, they're about the same questions, ## [The Three Dreams You Need to Make a Drone: Concerning Eyeballs, Spiritual Surveillance, and Odin's Ravens](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/the-three-dreams-you-need-to-make-a-drone-concerning-eyeballs-spiritual-surveillance-and-odins-crows/) _2025-07-31 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ In modern times, we have democratized the formerly inhuman god's eye view. We have extended to everyone the steely gaze of a god peering down upon the activities of mortals from a celestial perch, or the exalted viewpoint of an emperor regarding his holdings from the vertical fastness ## [We Have to Stop Using Facebook and X to Warn People About Disasters](https://little-flying-robots.ghost.io/we-have-to-stop-using-facebook-and-x-to-warn-people-about-disasters/) _2025-07-17 · Faine Greenwood · Little Flying Robots_ In the early morning hours of July 4th, as the Guadalupe River reached catastrophic heights, city officials in Kerr County, Texas turned to an all-too familiar mechanism for getting the word out to area residents: Facebook. While the National Weather Service had been issuing warnings across multiple platforms about