HM Intelligence Updates

As drones change warfare forever, some things never change 🫪 #hm #hmintelligence

China's 71st Army, part of the Eastern Theater Command and focused on the Taiwan direction, has been filmed conducting military drills using combat drones. The training includes swarm drone tactics, rapid strikes, and full battlefield control exercises, reflecting real combat preparation. I truly hope the west is also training like this with drones 🫪 #hm #hmintelligence

A Ukrainian Yak-52 piston-engine trainer aircraft has been used to intercept Russian Shahed/Geran-type long-range strike drones and reconnaissance UAVs over Odesa Oblast in southern Ukraine. The aircraft carries a two-person crew, with the crew member seated behind the pilot engaging the UAVs using an automatic rifle. I double checked and it is 95% likely that this video is authentic. #hm #hmintelligence

Russian forces have fitted a fake T-14 "Armata" tank turret onto a damaged BMP to trick kamikaze drones into targeting it instead of real equipment. #hm #hmintelligence

Volunteers (or mercenaries) from Africa, fighting on the Russian side, are being trained on how to quickly board and exit a BTR armoured personnel carrier. During the training, a second batch of trainees struggled with opening the hatch in order to get out of the vehicle. #hm #hmintelligence

A Ukrainian Special Operations Forces operator from the 73rd Naval Special Operations Center was filmed destroying an enemy drone using small arms fire. #hm #hmintelligence

Ukrainian Armoured Vehicles is in the final stages of developing a terminal guidance module for its UB60D first-person view drone, which is built around a 60mm mortar shell produced by the company, and is also working on a second FPV drone based on its 82mm mortar shell. #hm #hmintelligence

Clips from today's podcast 🤙

Footage has emerged showing what is believed to be a French Dassault Rafale fighter jet shooting down an Iranian attack drone over northern Iraq. #hm #hmintelligence

Earlier today, Irish Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae announced his resignation from the Government and confirmed he would vote no confidence in the Government in today's motion. The no confidence motion was subsequently put to a vote and was voted down. #hm #hmintelligence

A group of Ukrainian soldiers got extremely lucky when a Russian FPV hit their vehicle but didn't detonate 🫪 That would fill ya knickers, that is for sure. #hm #hmintelligence

A well timed double FPV strike by Ukraine sends this Russian tank to the shadow realm 💥 Anyone saying that FPV drones are not the future of warfare is kidding themselves I feel 🤙 #hm #hmintelligence

NASA has released footage of the moment U.S. Navy Divers opened the door of the Orion capsule and entered to greet the astronauts, following the splashdown of NASA's Artemis II in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, April 10, 2026, welcoming them back to Earth after their journey around the Moon. #hm #hmintelligence

A factory worker at a chemical plant in Russia's Vologda region has announced he is quitting his job, after watching Ukrainian drones swarm the facility with no air defenses making any attempt to stop them. #hm #hmintelligence

Everyone who has ever done a stretcher carry will understand the god send that these robots are 😎 A wounded Ukrainian soldier has been evacuated using a ground drone, with these types of drones reportedly becoming an increasingly common sight on the front lines. #hm #hmintelligence

President Trump's security team has been seen carrying C-UAS that are designed to disable drones. #hm #hmintelligence

Plenty to talk about on today's podcast 🤙 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4FXccELHCQaiA4arPZDZm9?si=MZH_sUSbSrmGAOmiF0iVpQ&pi=L189h0rwRvuLS