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[Goldenrob @GoldenRobb]

@ESPNnl Ik mis de 3-4

[Saisei @SaiseiInvesting]

$ONDS 🤝 @Forbes 🗞️📰

🚨 The $365 Million Race To Drone-Proof The World Cup ⚽️

The 2026 World Cup will be a $365 million test of the United States’ systems to protect crowded stadiums from drones as they upend modern warfare and increasingly become a threat to domestic security.

At this year’s World Cup, while fans are watching the players, companies like @OndasHoldings and Fortem Technologies will be watching the skies.

This year’s tournament isn’t just a battle for soccer supremacy. It’s also a major test of whether the United States can protect packed stadiums from a quickly evolving security threat: the cheap, nimble and autonomous drones that have upended modern warfare in Ukraine and Iran.

Across the country, in states such as California, Massachusetts and Florida, defense tech company Ondas, which has a $6.7 billion market cap, plans to deploy its sensor-based Sentrycs system to protect crowded venues from hostile drones. Unlike traditional jamming systems that interfere with police radios or nearby communications, Sentrycs passively listens for the radio link between a drone and its pilot to identify the aircraft and find out where it came from. If the drone is suspicious or threatening, Sentrycs can take over its autopilot to land it in a designated area.

Both businesses have multimillion-dollar contracts to protect World Cup stadiums with the federal government, which is pouring $365 million into drone-focused security for the 104 matches hosted across the U.S., Canada and Mexico. That includes $250 million from FEMA, bookmarked for the 11 states hosting World Cup matches, and another $115 million from DHS for counter-drone technology at tournament venues. “Unauthorized drone activity poses serious risks to aviation safety, law enforcement operations, emergency response efforts, and the safety of attendees,” a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told Forbes, adding the increased investment is “to aggressively combat the unlawful use of drones that endanger the safety and security of the American people.” FIFA did not respond to Forbes’ request for comment.

What works during the tournament could help shape how the U.S. protects the next run of high-profile events, from America’s 250th anniversary celebrations to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

“If you’re in this industry, the biggest surprise is we haven’t had that 9/11 event,” says, Eric Broc @CeoOndas. “We have a massive country with massive vulnerabilities that we never had just 12 months ago.”

In Ukraine and Iran, cheap drones have made attacks more precise and easier to launch. Russia has used them to kill hundreds of civilians in Ukraine, and Iran has deployed them to damage military bases and oil tanks across the Gulf. In March, players and staff at an ATP event in the United Arab Emirates had to flee after an Iranian drone attack sparked a fire at a nearby oil terminal. The Pentagon’s most recent budget proposal underscores the urgency, allocating over $74 billion to drone-related spending.

For years, drones fell under laws written for aircraft, including the Aircraft Sabotage Act, which made it illegal for most law enforcement to damage, disable or bring down anything flying in U.S. airspace. It’s only since December last year that a new law gave specially trained state and local law enforcement the authority to detect and disable threatening drones at major events and other high-risk sites, like airports.

“Up until now, if you are at an NFL stadium, you see a drone coming and it’s got a bomb, you can't touch it by regulations,” Brock says. “That’s unacceptable.”

Even if the World Cup succeeds at preventing any drone attacks, @CeoOndas says, it will not mean the problem is solved.

“We don't want to start doing the work after a bad event happens,” he says. “Nobody’s going to go to a game again until that threat is mitigated. It changes everything.”

[Felix Prehn 🐶 @felixprehn]

The UNTHINKABLE is about to happen to GOLD & Silver

[Goldenrob @GoldenRobb]

@HazelMoore32 Believe it or not.

There are muslims, that work hard, are super friendly, progressive, drink alcoholic drinks from time to time and love ro eat Belotta Jamon now and then.

To them, 🙏🙏

[Goldenrob @GoldenRobb]

@SanderSassen @PartijvdDieren @Ct_teunissen Ouwehand Dierenpark op agricultuur.

What can possibly go wrong?

Dat wordt lachen.

Die gaat een hooivork in haar reet krijgen, denk ik.

[Goldenrob @GoldenRobb]

@Michel1401 Kees van der Spek of all people
😂

[McEwen Inc. @McEwenInc]

Missed the McEwen Inc. AGM?

Watch the full Bullpen Q&A moderated by Anthony Vaccaro of The Northern Miner, featuring candid discussion with leadership on recent milestones, future priorities, industry trends, and shareholder questions.

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#McEwen #AGM #Mining #Gold #Silver #Copper @northernminer

[Goldenrob @GoldenRobb]

@JonStewartIL Hey!

Our @MinPres

[Goldenrob @GoldenRobb]

@vandaaginside Ik roep Kees van der Spek naar mij luisteren:

Dat bepalen we zelf wel!

[Gold Telegraph ⚡ @GoldTelegraph_]

The world is talking about gold again.

Gold back above $4500.

[Willem Middelkoop @wmiddelkoop]

Long ..

[Goldenrob @GoldenRobb]

@widtvoet Geen actieve herinneringen aan

[PeerMetals @peer_metals]

BREAKING 🚨: Gold is now the world's #1 reserve asset. 🥇

27% of all official global reserves.

More than US Treasuries.

More than the euro.

The ECB just confirmed it.

This is not a fringe theory anymore.

It's official data.

#Gold #CentralBanks #PreciousMetals

[Bodoxstocks @bodoxstocks]

$ONDS

IS ONDAS DROPPING A BOMBSHELL TODAY? 🚨

Unmannedairspace reports that Ondas has just unveiled MODUS (Modular Under-Layer System).

a mobile, AI-powered Counter-UAS platform. the system is specifically designed to counter complex low-altitude threats, including fiber-optic guided drones (!), drone swarms and other modern aerial attacks.

Looking forward to what comes next… 👀

[Goldenrob @GoldenRobb]

@widtvoet We speelden toch een uitwedstrijd?
Of was het uitzwaai wedstrijd voor Algerije?

[Chris Ray @itschrisray]

$ONDS | The new Omnisys acquisition is already proving its worth by landing a new customer just weeks after joining Ondas.

[gene inger @stockseer]

$ONDS favorable news even before a Press Release apparently:

[Financial Times @FT]

Gold has overtaken US government bonds as the world’s top reserve asset. The shift reflects an attempt by many countries to seek alternatives to the US dollar, the world’s de facto reserve currency https://t.co/h3NnirICcS

[PeerMetals @peer_metals]

Gold to $10,000 by 2030. 🥇

That's Edward Dowd's call.

Not a permabull blogger.

A former BlackRock fund manager.

He's not worried about the dip.

Neither should you be.

#Gold #Silver #PreciousMetals

[Oliver Groß @minenergybiz]

Copper price: Goldman, Citi make bullish calls on supply woes
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