• Mizokon [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Three civilians killed

    A preliminary investigation indicates small flying objects, likely drones, fell in both incidents and may have triggered the blasts, the UAE’s state-run WAM news agency said on Monday. Three people -- two Indians and one Pakistani -- were killed and six others injured in the fuel-tank fire close to the storage facilities of state-run oil group Adnoc, Abu Dhabi police said in a statement.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-17/uae-says-explosion-in-abu-dhabi-possibly-caused-by-drone-strike

  • MemesAreTheory [he/him, any]
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    3 years ago

    I've been reading The Ministry For The Future, and it was absolutely a case of "here's a bunch of direct action ideas written as fiction lol don't sue me," at times. Coordinated drone attacks being cheap and relatively easy for conducting asymmetrical warfare seems like a no brainer. Sure wonder if we'll see more of such sabotage in the coming years :soviet-hmm: It'd be such a shame if people realized rich idiots and oil infrastructure were vulnerable this way.

  • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    With how often Houthi attack oil infrastructure, I'm beginning to think they're the most successful ecoterrorists in history