Military Technology

North Korea has been testing new swarm-style tactics that combine drones with cruise missiles, drawing close scrutiny from US and South Korean intelligence agencies, a development viewed as Pyongyang’s latest effort to pursue asymmetric advantages under conventional military constraints.

New jet-powered drones have appeared on Ukrainian battlefields, offering faster speeds and harder interception that are reshaping the tactical landscape while creating new security threats for civilians.

Hezbollah has deployed a new type of fibre optic-guided drone in the escalating conflict, immune to electronic jamming and nearly invisible to radar, posing a serious challenge to Israel’s multi-billion-dollar defence systems.