cheap droughns and added additional antennas. one of the things i learned, something calls a kamikaze drone which is a $400 chinese drone that carries a small payload that moves so fast you can't shoot it down. i had thought that was the innovation of the war, two generals told me that is wrong. you need one that carries more payloads. i don't think the ukrainian drone strategy is completely formed. but they're building a completely new theory of war. >> and this is where we get to the solution. for, the only way the ukrainians can break through these lines is with massive number of drones. >> massive number of drones. or massive number of human casualties on both sides. the beauty of the drone is it can take out the other side's military target without collateral damage, right? we are very concerned about the propagation of this war against other countries.
bombing. they can taurgt more accurately. >> american doctrine is you would do such moves with air power which the ukrainians don't have. the air power comes in, cleans the path and then the american side, the other running back and we start to win. we, meaning the ukrainians, we need a solution to get them moving. >> so that gets us to drones. they're already using an extraordinary number of drones, the ukrainians. how many droughns are they using a week, or a month? >> they're on track to using a couple hundred thousand drones in a year. most drones only survive one or two flights before they fail or they're blocked. i was shocked at how good the russians were at electronic warfare in jamming. basically, everything you send into this battlefield which is quite narrow, by the way, the rest of the country is fine. i suspect on both sides. they jam everything. gps is jammed, but also communications is jammed. so normal drones don't work. so the ukrainians have taken
fragments of those droughns. t drones. the damage was described as insignificant. two sought medical help but no one had to be hospitalized. but this still crosses a rubicon really for the russian people. as you say this is the first time we've seen not only the sort of amount of drone accounts in kyiv this morning, the result of 31 drones launched at that city, but also in moscow itself. this really does bring it home to the russian people. no response from the kremlin as of yet. but a member of president putin's united russian party saying that this is the new reality that we have to now recognize, we need to drastically step up our defenses. he said do not underestimate the enemy. so this is something that the russian people are now having to recognize and reckon with. having said that though in the climate that exists in russia, one of feerks onar, suppression
military aid package. these are portable smart bombs that can destroy heavy armor like tanks and artillery from a distance. the 600 series of these droughns carry a stronger payload than these ones you're looking at, the low-cost switch blade 300 drones used for pinpoint strikes on enemy personnel. both types of drones are equipped with cameras. they can be programmed to strike targets miles away. the biden administration announced last month it would provide ukraine with 100 of these less deadly drones. also tonight, the u.s. reporting reporting sending $100 million worth of javelin anti-tank missiles to ukraine. it's a weapon that the ukrainian troops have used by efficiency against tanks. also announced that the czech republic a nato ally has been quietly sending ukraine old soviet-designed tanks which ukrainian forces are trained to use. that marks the first time that a
100000 euros. the aerial vehicle scans large areas with the devices like this magnetometer. it measures variations in the make let it field of the earth which helps to pinpoint mineral deposits without elaborate and costly drugs the ones who've been used in the you know we want to encroach as little as possible on people surroundings and environment because we want to gain acceptance on the population. the sun and the other aspects or efficiency and safety. droughns enable us to gather data rapidly without having to go there ourselves in. the data taken by the individual instruments are combined to give geologists an idea of the structure of the subsonic. * then they can guess where and which mineral they may find.
delivered by droughns. the flying technology sold in malls for just a couple hundred dollars is emerging as a new tool for criminals and tonight law enforcement is struggling to figure out how to make an interception. >> reporter: the plot, deliver these packages of synthetic marijuana, tobacco, hand gun and pornography to this maryland prison via drone. >> this is the first case in maryland where a drone is suspected in a contraband delivery plo delivery plot. >> reporter: but police spoiled the plot before it got off the ground. the first in maryland, but not the first time criminals have used the flying technology to make illegal deliveries. in ohio last month, a drone
family is doing over the holiday, we appreciate your time this morning. alaska, nevada, new york, north dakota, texas and virginia. now, the goal is to test the droughns in a range of terrains and scenarios to see if they're safe for general use by the public and the industry. an arizona woman is behind bars accused of stabbing her ex-husband and poisoning her four kids on christmas day. killing one of them. connie villa faces one count of murder, four counts of attempted murder. authorities say she forced her children to take prescription narcotics. her 13-year-old daughter died. her other kids, ages 3, 5 and 8 survived. the exboyfriend is in stable condition. boston's new years celebrations include a special display for the heroes and the
this. droughns are being used to deliver medicines and other thing ms. some places. i don't know if i'd go so far he's the first to imagine such a program but he's the first to get the conversation going as far as retail deliveries go. this is the company that convinced the u.s. postal service to do deliveries on sundays. they do have some sway. >> re-imagine. i see what you're saying. but you're right, it's been -- farmers are using it. they've been used in military operations and aid. where else do you think -- let's be futuristic, kate's theme here. where else could you see these unmanned vehicles taking off? maybe here in america. >> they're being used as you mentioned for a lot of places. cnn and other news organizations use them to do photographs and shoot video. i think in the near term we're looking at more rural, less populated areas they may be using them. the first commercially certified drones are already being used up in alaska. they were certified by the faa
snow." the man said it's been a tough year so he wanted to throw out his last grand to spread holiday cheer. instead he was cited for disorderly conduct. amazon is planning to make a giant leap into the future with delivery drones. nbc's seema moody is at the nasdaq with what's moving your money. this is getting so much buzz, seema. it sounds like something out of "star wars" or "the jetsons" but they're actually working on having drones deliver packages? >> reporter: that's right, chris, the future is here. jeff bezos unveiling the strategy on "60 minutes" last night. he said amazon is testing delivering packages using droughns. the unmanned jets could deliver packages that weigh up to five pounds. that represents 86% of packages that amazon delivers. now, there's still a question on whether they will allow sending drones outside of fulfillment centers but speeding up the
attention to the unrelenting violence against them. own joining us now on the phone from pakistan, free lance reporter annabell simmington. thank you for your time. can you tell us any more about who's claiming responsibility. >> reporter: so far two groups have claimed responsibility for this attack. both these groups have in the past been affiliated with the pakistani taliban but it's not actually clear which one of these two groups is in fact behind the attack. they both cited similar reasons for perpetrating the attack, talking about a retaliation on u.s. droughns and also christians is the enemy of islam. but in fact the pakistani taliban central command came out and said they weren't behind at tack and they condemned it, which is something we've seen them do before in the past when such attacks have had such a high civilian death toll. but certainly this attack is yet