HM Intelligence Updates

This video shows China’s latest naval formation exercises conducted just hours ago on July 11, 2025. Taking place right across the strait from Taiwan, these maneuvers reflect a continued pattern of military drills aimed at asserting pressure and demonstrating force. Similar operations in December 2024 and May 2024 involved large-scale naval and air deployments, highlighting an ongoing escalation and strategic use of military activities to influence regional dynamics. #hm #hmintelligence

A pretty clean video of an interception of a Russian Shahed over Odesa. #hm #hmintelligence

Update: A Russian military drone, identified as the “Gerbera,” crashed in Lithuania after entering from Belarus, according to the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service. The Gerbera, a simplified and more affordable version of the Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone, has been used by Russia in its war against Ukraine over the past year. This unmanned aerial vehicle is capable of reconnaissance, surveillance, strikes, and distracting air defense systems. #hm #hmintelligence

Disregard, it was deemed to be a homemade aircraft and unlikely to have posed a threat 🤙

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DJI has unveiled a powerful new cargo drone capable of carrying up to 80 kilograms, flying distances of 26 kilometers, and recharging in just 9 minutes. It is interesting to look at the commercial advancements in drone technology, it will likely not take long until we see these being utilised on the battlefield. What do you think? #hm #hmintelligence

A drone equipped with AFU fiber optic FVP navigates inside a building to locate targets. After identifying them, it engages by deploying a pile of grenades. #hm #hmintelligence

Zelensky reported that Russia launched around 400 drones and 18 missiles, including ballistic missiles, at Ukraine overnight. #hm #hmintelligence

For all the podcast listeners, I am currently on holiday in Spain and forgot one of the cords I need to record sorry 😐 Podcast will be back Monday, bright and early 🤙

Footage shows a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 Fulcrum deploying multiple GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) glide bombs. #hm #hmintelligence

Also watch this week's one, on the rise and development of drones 🤙 https://youtu.be/N5vUKW20GaA?si=u6KZeCRD3QtgkbEU

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that Azerbaijan will not arrest its citizens who fight for Ukraine, but will arrest those who fight for Russia, as this supports the occupation of Ukraine’s sovereign territory. This weekends YouTube video is on this topic 🤙 #hm #hmintelligence

Mexican cartels have escalated their tactics by deploying drones to drop bombs on rivals, as shown in a video circulating online. The footage captures the La Linea cartel using drones to target and attack vehicles belonging to the Sinaloa cartel, demonstrating a growing trend of criminal groups adopting military-style technology to gain an advantage in their turf wars. #hm #hmintelligence

According to CNN, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a pause on U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine last week without notifying the White House, catching senior officials, including President Trump and national security staff, by surprise. Five sources familiar with the matter said the decision was made unilaterally, prompting confusion and a swift effort to resume aid once it became public. #hm #hmintelligence

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has arrested two Chinese citizens in Kyiv for attempting to smuggle classified information on the RK-360MC "Neptune" missile system to Chinese intelligence. One suspect, a 24-year-old former student expelled from a Kyiv technical university in 2023, tried to recruit a Ukrainian with access to sensitive defense data, while his father, who frequently traveled from China, coordinated the operation. SBU officers intercepted the younger suspect during the handover of secret documents and later detained the father. Searches revealed evidence of their espionage activities, and both men have been charged with espionage under Ukrainian law, facing up to 15 years in prison and property confiscation if convicted. #hm #hmintelligence

Overnight, Russia carried out one of its largest assaults on Ukraine, launching between 540 and 620 Shahed drones and similar unmanned aerial vehicles, along with six Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and four Kh-101 or other cruise missiles. The main targets of this massive attack were the cities of Lutsk and Zhytomyr. #hm #hmintelligence

Violent clashes have erupted in Iraq’s Erbil region after the Harki clan launched attacks against the ruling Barzani family. Kurdish government positions in Erbil have been repeatedly targeted with shells and drones over recent weeks. #hm #hmintelligence

The National Human Rights Commission reported that the death toll from Monday’s anti-government Saba Saba protests has risen to 31. #hm #hmintelligence

What are everyone's thoughts on this? The Epstein list not the meme