Just a few years ago, the world envisioned the future of military forces as high-tech space fleets and infantry exoskeletons. However, recent developments have shifted the paradigm. Now, militaries worldwide are incorporating a new specialization: VR-set-wielding drone operators.
These drone specialists, who resemble E-sports gamers more than traditional soldiers, are being trained to master First-Person View Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, which are revolutionizing battlefields globally.
In a playful video released by a Chinese news agency, People’s Armed Police officers are shown in military uniforms, sporting advanced VR visors and remote controllers.
The video shifts to the drone’s perspective, showcasing the operators executing complex acrobatic maneuvers and precision targeting flights, all set to the tune of popular video game music. While the footage seems light-hearted, these men are honing their combat skills. Considering the remarkable drone capabilities demonstrated in the Ukraine conflict, these machines are far from harmless. They may well be the spearhead of future warfare.
In a world where a single low-cost drone can obliterate a multi-million-dollar armored vehicle and its crew in a flash, China assembling its own army of highly trained drone operators is a development far from entertaining; it’s a new threat…
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Dark Footage showcases the most unbelievable photos and videos from history while telling the stories behind the camera. Featuring military, space, aircraft and real-life historic events caught on tape.
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They said he couldn’t fly.
But as he soars over Maryland at the controls of a Bell UH-1 “Huey” helicopter, Robert Preston is determined to prove them wrong.
Skillfully maneuvering his way through the night sky, the 20-year-old US Army private smiles as he imagines himself on a daring mission over with the boys in Vietnam.
But on this cold February night in 1974, Preston isn’t dodging the Viet Cong - he’s dodging the cops. Having stolen the Huey from an unguarded airfield, he’s taking it for a wild joyride. Now, two different police departments and the Secret Service are out to stop him.
Yet with masterful changes of velocity, direction, and altitude,Preston outsmarts the helicopters and squad cars on his back time and time again.
Grinning to himself, the young private changes course once more.
Next stop: The White House…
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Dark Footage showcases the most unbelievable photos and videos from history while telling the stories behind the camera. Featuring military, space, aircraft and real-life historic events caught on tape.
,1,On April 5, 1968, Flight Lieutenant Alan Pollock took his 4.4-million-pound Hawker Hunter on an unauthorized detour to downtown London. The roar of jet engines echoed through the streets of Britain's capital as Flight Lieutenant Alan Pollock pushed his aircraft to its limits. Below him, the Thames snaked through the city, its waters reflecting the morning sun. Pedestrians stopped in their tracks, heads turning skyward at the thunderous sound of a military jet flying near street level.
He had already broken every rule in the book - abandoned his squadron, flown without authorization, and descended to dangerous altitudes over one of the world's busiest cities. He knew this flight would end his career, but he didn't care - some messages must be sent at any cost.
As he rounded the river bend at 700 miles per hour, a colossal structure loomed ahead through the morning haze, its gothic towers piercing the sky. His hands tightened on the controls as an irresistible idea formed: [QUOTE] "I'd forgotten it was there! Until this very instant I'd had absolutely no idea that Tower Bridge would be there. It was easy enough to fly over it, but the idea of flying through the spans suddenly struck me."
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Dark Footage showcases the most unbelievable photos and videos from history while telling the stories behind the camera. Featuring military, space, aircraft and real-life historic events caught on tape.
,1,The war in Ukraine, raging since February 2022, has drained both Ukraine and Russia's economic reserves, forcing each side to commit every available resource to the conflict.
Despite these efforts, the Russian military finds its arsenal woefully inadequate. With armored vehicles dwindling, Russia initially turned to Soviet-era cars to transport troops into battle. When even these proved insufficient, they adopted more desperate measures.
In a stunning display of improvisation, Russian Army personnel are now seen storming enemy trenches not in heavily armored vehicles but in Beijing-manufactured Desertcross 1000-3 all-terrain vehicles—machines that more closely resemble golf carts.
These vehicles offer no armor, no machine guns, and no protection. Yet, they drive directly into enemy lines in a desperate bid to bridge the gap between them and Ukrainian forces.
This unconventional tactic has been met with global ridicule, even from military analysts. In a twist of irony, Ukrainian forces have also been spotted using these identical vehicles.
The real question now looms large: What will happen when both sides exhaust their effective war assets? Will they be driven to even more drastic measures?
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Dark Footage showcases the most unbelievable photos and videos from history while telling the stories behind the camera. Featuring military, space, aircraft and real-life historic events caught on tape.
,1,The skies were clear, or so it seemed, until NORAD, conceived to protect the US and Canada from Soviet bombers with state-of-the-art radars, satellites, and navigations systems, detected unidentified aircraft breaching the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone during an early morning of May 2024.
Communication operators at NORAD HQ were puzzled by the sudden alarms and the beeping of the systems detecting unidentified aircraft flying toward territorial airspace. As the seconds passed, the men in the comms room realized what was coming their way.
Fully loaded with nuclear ordnance, a pair of Russian Tupolev Tu-95 Bear Strategic Bombers were closing in fast, and they were not alone.
Escorting them were two Sukhoi Su-35 Flankers, supermaneuverable air superiority fighters, ready to defend their bombers at all costs. NORAD, without hesitation, swiftly dispatches a pair of fast and reliable F-16s to intercept them.
A backup of other fighters and several tankers were ready to answer the call if things went sideways. As the F-16s made their way to the Russian aircraft, their orders echoed through the communications network: Engage the enemy if it breaches American airspace.
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Dark Footage showcases the most unbelievable photos and videos from history while telling the stories behind the camera. Featuring military, space, aircraft and real-life historic events caught on tape.
,1,Just a few years ago, the world envisioned the future of military forces as high-tech space fleets and infantry exoskeletons. However, recent developments have shifted the paradigm. Now, militaries worldwide are incorporating a new specialization: VR-set-wielding drone operators.
These drone specialists, who resemble E-sports gamers more than traditional soldiers, are being trained to master First-Person View Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, which are revolutionizing battlefields globally.
In a playful video released by a Chinese news agency, People’s Armed Police officers are shown in military uniforms, sporting advanced VR visors and remote controllers.
The video shifts to the drone’s perspective, showcasing the operators executing complex acrobatic maneuvers and precision targeting flights, all set to the tune of popular video game music. While the footage seems light-hearted, these men are honing their combat skills. Considering the remarkable drone capabilities demonstrated in the Ukraine conflict, these machines are far from harmless. They may well be the spearhead of future warfare.
In a world where a single low-cost drone can obliterate a multi-million-dollar armored vehicle and its crew in a flash, China assembling its own army of highly trained drone operators is a development far from entertaining; it’s a new threat…
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Dark Footage showcases the most unbelievable photos and videos from history while telling the stories behind the camera. Featuring military, space, aircraft and real-life historic events caught on tape.
,1,Saturday, October 7th 2023: the world wakes up in shock. Over 1,300 Israeli civilians have just been massacred. While the population thought it was safe behind its walls, its iron dome and its barbed wire, protected by its invincible army, the country is undergoing an unprecedented attack. At the helm is a terrorist group: Hamas. An Islamist faction that no one, least of all Israeli believed capable of such an operation. So who are these men, with their green bandanas, capable of such atrocities? Who are the organization’s supporters? How did they manage to plan this attack?
With the help of leading experts, we investigate the rise of Hamas. Founded in the late 80s from Muslim resistance groups, the organisation won popular legitimacy in Gaza. We investigate its leaders, in particular the coordinator of the “al-Aqsa flood” attack: Mohammed Deïf. The Israeli security services have been tracking him relentlessly for three decades. The other mastermind of the organization is Ismaël Haniyeh, head of the political bureau. He has taken refuge in Qatar.
Thanks to the testimonies of former members of the Israeli intelligence services, we reveal the methods that enabled Hamas to slip under the radar of the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service: underground caches, a network of dozens of kilometers of tunnels, old-fashioned communications, homemade rockets and also the use of modern technologies, such as drones and cyberattacks.
According to its former director, Ami Ayalon, the Shin Beth had relied solely on electronic surveillance to the detriment of human intelligence. We reveal the financial support Hamas received to carry out this operation. For years, the Iranians have been the terrorist movement’s main allies in its fight against Israel. In Lebanon, we interviewed a senior Hamas official who, a few days after the massacre, was delighted with the success of the operation.
We also look at the role of Qatar, which finances the movement to the tune of $30 million a month. per month. The terrorist nebula also relies on appeals for donations in crypto-currencies. The sums collected are enormous, more than $100 million between 2021 and 2023. Our investigation will finally take a closer look at the movement from the inside, and analyze its hold on the Gazan population. A population that has been imprisoned for years on this tiny strip of land, living in part under the yoke of the by the Islamist organization.
In Egypt, we caught up with a Hamas opponent who fled Gaza in 2021 after spending two hundred days in the terrorist group’s jails. He tells us about the group’s hold over the civilian population, the recruitment of young people and the terrorist group’s propaganda methods.
Director : Marc de la Villardière & Vincent Prado
