Beijing’s weapons makers show off UAVs at arms exhibition in Riyadh as demand for unmanned combat vehicles grows in Middle East, where Chinese drones have been deployed in Yemen’s civil war and Iraq.
China’s hi-tech, low-cost drones are increasingly popular in the Middle East, but aligning systems with dominant Western weaponry and balancing regional ties present challenges, observers say.
Russia’s ongoing attack in the Donbas is anything but a blitzkrieg offensive that will decisively defeat Ukrainian forces. Why that is and what it means for the course of the war is the subject of intense speculation.