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Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump Turbocharges His Putin Threat After Being Relentlessly Humiliated
President Donald Trump said he will reduce a previous 50-day deadline he issued to Vladimir Putin to reach a peace deal with Ukraine after admitting the Russian leader seems to have no intention of complying with it. While speaking to reporters alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his visit to Scotland, Trump said he was 'disappointed' with Putin and warned the Russian president the already arbitrary deadline ending Sept. 3 he gave under threat of possible U.S. sanctions will be decreased by weeks. 'We thought we had [a ceasefire deal] settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever,' Trump said. 'You have bodies lying all over the street, and I say 'that's not the way to do it.' 'I'm disappointed in President Putin, very disappointed in him. I'm going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number, because I think I already know the answer to what's going to happen,' Trump added. Trump, who long vowed to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict within one day of returning to the White House, is now saying Moscow has a deadline of 10 to 12 days for taking steps in agreeing a ceasefire, reported Reuters. Trump warned Putin on July 14 that Russia will face 'very severe tariffs' of up to 100 percent unless Moscow agrees to a ceasefire and stop killing civilians within 50 days. The threat has been widely ignored by Putin, who has been trying to take over Ukraine since Feb. 2022. Shortly after Trump issued his original 50-day threat, Russia bombarded the Ukrainian cities of Kryvyi Rih, Vinnytsia, Kharkiv, and Dobropillia, in a deadly large-scale drone and missile attacks. Other high-profile Russian officials even mocked Trump for issuing the threat alongside the 50-day deadline. 'Trump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin. The world shuddered, expecting the consequences. Belligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn't care,' Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president and close Putin ally, posted on X on July 15. It is unclear if Trump's original plan of imposing 100 percent tariffs against Russia if they do not meet the new deadline is still in place, or if harsher sanctions are now threatened. The Kremlin did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Beast. Solve the daily Crossword
Fox News
5 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Putin has miscalculated here, Gen. Jack Keane says
Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane discusses President Donald Trump's demand for a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war on 'The Story.'
The Hill
9 hours ago
- Politics
- The Hill
Rising: July 29, 2025
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Forbes
12 hours ago
- Forbes
Russia Is Developing A New Soldier-Worn Counter-Drone Jammer
Social Media Capture The current phase of the Russia-Ukraine war has been marked by the growing dominance of drones on the battlefield. Earlier in the war, drone strikes were primarily aimed at armored vehicles and other equipment. However, they are now increasingly being used to target individual soldiers. Both sides are rapidly developing new counter-drone solutions that can protect their soldiers, with Ukraine recently introducing counter-drone rifle rounds. Russia is similarly developing counter-drone solutions that can be deployed at the individual soldier level. A recent Russian video posted to social media demonstrates a new soldier-worn electronic warfare system that jams the video feed from small drones. The New Russian Counter-Drone System The video shows a Russian soldier demonstrating the compact drone detection and jamming system. The system includes a head-mounted module with two antennas, a switching harness, an arm-mounted display, and a battery pack. The head-mounted module is attached to the back of the helmet with two antennas protruding from the top. The system detects the drone through its radio signature and then appears to intercept the drone's video feed, which is displayed on the arm-mounted screen. The soldier can then choose to jam the feed, which he does in the demonstration. Social Media Capture This design is unique because most counter-drone systems do not target the video transmissions. Conventional jammers usually focus on control and navigation links, which are easier to disrupt. Radio signals weaken as they travel, so the strength at the receiver is only a fraction of the original transmission. This makes it relatively straightforward to jam a control channel by broadcasting a stronger signal near the receiving end. In contrast, the video feed is transmitted from the drone at high power to ensure that the signal is strong enough to reach the operator, making it far more difficult to overpower with conventional jamming techniques. Russia's approach suggests a focus on precision and efficiency rather than brute-force interference. Instead of flooding multiple frequencies with broadband noise, which requires considerable power and risks interfering with friendly communications, the system uses a more targeted method. Drawing on Russia's long-standing expertise in electronic warfare, it detects the drone passively by sensing its radio emissions, identifies the exact frequency of the video link, and then applies a focused jamming signal. This reduces the power consumption and the size of the system. It also minimizes the system's electromagnetic signature, making it harder for the Ukrainians to detect and target. This design choice is likely influenced by the fact that newer Ukrainian drones incorporate failsafe modes that activate when control or navigation signals are jammed. By blinding the operator through video disruption while leaving control links intact, the system avoids triggering these failsafe modes and creates confusion for the operator. Regardless, this approach has significant limitations. In particular, it does protect Russian soldiers from the increasingly common fiber-optic drones which transmit their video feeds via a tether. Additionally, the system will require frequent updates as Ukrainian drones move to more secure video channels and implement failsafe modes for when the video feed is jammed. Implications Of This New Counter-Drone Jammer On the Broader War Both Russia and Ukraine are racing to counter the growing drone threat, as drones have become responsible for the bulk of the casualties and destruction on the battlefield. This trend is accelerating as the war becomes increasingly dismounted, with units fighting in dense urban environments. In this setting, drones have become fully integrated into offensive and defensive tactics, with both sides using them to locate and target enemy troops. Social Media Capture This reliance on drones has created a stalemate along the front. Any assaulting force is quickly detected and struck by enemy drones, preventing large-scale offensive operations. Therefore, whichever side can better shield its soldiers from drone attacks will gain a clear advantage in cities such as Chasiv Yar and in towns near Kupyansk, Kharkiv City, and Sumy City. If this Russian technology proves effective and can neutralize Ukrainian drones, even for a short period, it could enable substantial gains in these areas, with major implications across the entire front. More broadly, as drone technology has shifted from large strategic platforms to small, agile FPV drones, counter-drone systems are having to evolved as well. Older vehicle-mounted systems were built to defend large areas against long-range strikes. Now, both sides are developing and fielding compact systems designed to protect individual soldiers. If Russia succeeds in deploying this new soldier-worn counter-drone jammer, it could secure a critical edge on the battlefield.
Time of India
13 hours ago
- Politics
- Time of India
India tests Pralay quasi-ballistic missile twice for conventional precision strikes
Test firing of Pralay tactical missle New Delhi: India successfully tested its Pralay quasi-ballistic missile, which is designed for major conventional or non-nuclear strikes against enemy targets up to 500-km away, twice from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast on Monday and Tuesday. The completion of this Phase-1 flights of the solid-propellant Pralay, which has state-of-the-art guidance and navigation to ensure high precision, paves the way for induction of the missile system into the armed forces in the 'near future', defence ministry officials said. India Successfully Tests Drone-Launched Missile: DRDO's Game-Changer ULPGM-V3 Stuns World Pralay, the surface-to-surface tactical missile capable of carrying different types of warheads, will be among the mix of the conventional cruise and ballistic missiles that will be part of the proposed Integrated Rocket Force (IRF), which is currently being planned by the country's defence establishment. IRF will be separate from the tri-service Strategic Forces Command (SFC) created in 2003 to handle the country's nuclear arsenal, as reported by TOI earlier. 'The Pralay missile equipped with modern technologies will give further technological boost to the armed forces against threats,' defence minister Rajnath Singh said, congratulating those involved in the flight tests on Monday-Tuesday. The tests were carried out as a part of user evaluation trials to validate the missile's maximum and minimum range capability. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Cyprus Is Open for Investors - You Might Be Interested Cyprus Invest | Search ads Undo The missiles 'precisely' followed the intended trajectory, reaching the target point with pin-point accuracy to meet all the test objectives during the trials, which were witnessed by DRDO scientists, Army and IAF officers, and industry representatives, officials said. All subsystems performed as per expectations, which were verified using test data captured by various tracking sensors deployed by the integrated test range, including instruments deployed on a ship positioned near the designated impact point, they added. Conflicts like India's Operation Sindoor against Pakistan in May as well as others like the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war have underscored the need for long-range precision-strike vectors. 'Designed for major conventional strikes with a 1,000-kg payload against enemy targets, Pralay will be an important addition to the armed forces,' an officer said.
