The next evolution of attack drones like Shaheds will see AI choosing their own targets: Ukraine's drone guru
Russia and Ukraine are still in the "first stages of combat testing" drone AI that can decide to attack a target on its own, said Beskrestnov.
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Satellite images show Russian forces throwing up smoke screens on a key Crimean bridge as Ukrainian drones target supply lines
Ukraine says its strike campaigns have prompted Russia to bring out additional defenses. It's not the first time it's tried smoke.
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Take a look inside an Air Force aerial tanker that kept fighter jets and bombers in the air
Military aircraft don't have time to land and refuel on sensitive missions. That's where aerial refueling tankers come in.
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A Marine who flew the F/A-18, F-16, F-22, and F-35 says one jet stood apart
Former TOPGUN instructor Dave Berke, flew four elite US fighters. Of them all, he says the F-22 Raptor has no true equal.
Ukraine wants naval drones that can detain ships in the Black Sea rather than sink them, commander says
Policing missions would expand the role of Ukrainian naval drones, which have historically been used to strike Russian ships.
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A top Marine general says air-defense buildup isn't moving fast enough to meet rising drone threats
"We're on a path for our 2030 vision, but guess what, it's not fast enough," Lt. Gen. Eric Austin said.
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AI cut the UK's war planning cycle from 72 hours to just one, British Army's top general says
"What they're going to do with the other 71 hours, I don't know," said Gen. Roly Walker, adding that a corps could now hit 10 times as many targets.
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US forces started running sea-drone rescue drills years before the downing of an Apache made them do it for real
A US military official described the rescue mission as a "significant step forward" for American drone operations.
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Drone operators aren't spared from the horrors of war, and they're top targets
Ukraine's soldiers aren't necessarily safer than other soldiers. They're seen as Russia's primary target due to their battlefield impact.
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Ukraine's drone pilot scoreboard logged over 800,000 recorded hits against Russia in half a year
The new tally means Ukraine has roughly doubled the rate of targets it's hitting since 2025, with almost 820,000 strikes reported in all of that year.
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Inside Ukraine's secret drone campaign destroying sites deep in Russia
Ukraine's strikes on refineries are no longer only producing dramatic images — they have disrupted a significant portion of Russian oil exports.
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The US Army has a new self-contained Pacific command built for a complex fight
The Army combined maneuver forces and weapons across cyber, space, electronic warfare, and fires into a new one-of-a-kind command.
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Ukraine is showing the West why cheap sensors could be key to defending the skies in future wars
Ukraine is using a vast network of cheap sensors to detect incoming drone threats. Western officials say the West should consider doing the same.
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Ukraine is squeezing Crimea with its new drones, forcing the Russian stronghold to cut fuel supplies
Kyiv's new mid-range drones are pounding the roads, fuel depots, and bridges connecting Crimea to Russia and the southern front lines.
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Drones that Ukraine built to spy and attack are now hauling water, ammo, and medicine to the front
Ukraine's front lines with Russia has become so dangerous that it wants to use as many unmanned systems as it can, including drones to carry gear.
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A top NATO commander says cheap drones are breaking the West's old air-defense playbook
NATO has been able to "sit back" and engage threats with missiles and jets, but "those days are over," a top commander said.
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Ukraine's war robots are surging into the kill zone
Business Insider went inside a Ukrainian factory building ground robots for deadly missions soldiers can no longer risk.
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Ukraine is putting weapons stations on ground robots to make 'small tanks' that hunt Russia's infiltration teams
Ukraine's Frontline Robotics makes a remote weapons station that used to be stationary but can now be put on a robot to make a "small tank."
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Ukraine's small drone teams keep beating NATO units in exercises, and neither side is surprised
Ukraine has more battlefield drone experience than many NATO allies, and it's eager to share its hard-won expertise.
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New US Air Force investigation shows how an in-flight refueling of an F-22 Raptor went wrong to the tune of nearly $10 million
A KC-46 Pegasus tanker lost its entire refueling boom during an F-22 Raptor refueling mission, causing costly damage.
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Germany turns to Ukrainian and Israeli start-ups for an alternative to US Tomahawk missiles
The German defense ministry has asked foreign firms for missiles that can strike deep into an enemy's territory, as alternatives to the US Tomahawk.
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Ukrainian drones broke through 3 layers of Moscow air defenses to hit a key Russian oil hub, Zelenskyy says
Ukraine said last month that Russia had relocated a significant number of air defense systems to Moscow.
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How TOPGUN fighter pilots actually work, according to a former instructor
Dave Berke is a retired Marine fighter pilot and Top Gun instructor who explains what it's like to fly combat missions from an aircraft carrier.
Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb drone attacks on Russian bases are now shaping how the US Army prepares to defend its own
To protect critical military infrastructure, the US needs a layer of counter-drone systems, officials said.
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Ukraine's point system rewarding battlefield kills is steering drone units toward more strategic Russian targets
Ukraine's soldiers are being incentivized to hit Russian targets that are harder to get, instead of just what's in front of them.
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The US Army says it has contained a tuberculosis situation at Fort Benning after finding an active case and 47 latent infections
A tuberculosis case at a Georgia Army post exposed dozens of trainees to latent infection, highlighting risks in close quarters.
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The end to years of brutal fighting is in sight for some of Ukraine's battle-weary troops
Kyiv hopes to start discharging some of its longest-serving troops by late autumn, giving them a reprieve many expected to come only at the war's end.
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Inside the C-130 Hercules, a military transport aircraft that can land almost anywhere and haul almost anything
The C-130 Hercules airlifter's versatility, longevity, and cargo capacity have made it a valuable asset to the Air Force and over 40 countries.
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Ukrainian troops are losing days just getting to their positions in the kill zone. It's when they're most at risk.
A top Ukrainian defense official said soldiers may eventually be unable to penetrate the kill zone because it's becoming so dangerous.
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Ukraine says even its obsolete drone-war tech still has value for friendly countries bracing for Shahed-style attacks
A Ukrainian official says drone tech that is aging out of his country's fast-moving fight could still help partners preparing for similar attacks.
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Ukraine's new pay-as-you-fight system lets infantry earn 6-figure salaries on the front lines
The new salary cap for Ukrainian frontline troops is worth about 30 times the average pay in the country before the war began.
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A Russian warship sailing between England and France fired warning shots near a British civilian yacht
The guided-missile frigate opened fire with small arms in the path of the Bright Future, a sailing yacht with a retired British couple on board.
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Only a quarter of US F-35s were fully mission-capable last year as maintenance and parts problems dragged down readiness, watchdog reports
F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter readiness rates have slipped in recent years despite billions in investments.
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Ukrainian operators say troops don't need a bunch of different war robots. They need more services.
The Ukrainian market is saturated with different types of ground robots, but unit commander would like more holistic services.
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More Big Tech execs are joining the Army Reserve as senior officers
The Army's newest reserve officers come from Cloudflare, Sutter Hill Ventures, and Facebook AI Research.
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Ukrainian soldiers have been ditching combat boots for what they call 'tactical Crocs' when they're off the front lines
Ukraine's soldiers wear more comfortable shoes when they can, with one saying that "it's impossible to stay in combat boots all the time."
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Ukraine's newest attack drones are delivering the kind of strikes that its HIMARS couldn't for years
The Ukrainian mid-range strike drone is "heralding a new phase of the war" for Ukraine, George Barros of the ISW told Business Insider.
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8 crew members are presumed dead after a B-52 bomber crashed at California's Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base said the B-52 went down during a routine test mission and believes the crash to be 'not survivable.'
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1.5 million Defense Department workers are now using the military's generative AI every day, Pentagon official says
Around 80,000 employees used GenAI.mil when it launched in December. That number has since skyrocketed.
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Watchdog says too few of the US Air Force's flying gas stations are ready to fly missions
The Air Force's refueling tankers keep missing readiness goals, raising concerns about a critical piece of US airpower.
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New tech and tactics are giving Ukraine rare momentum against Russia
Ukraine has new tech and momentum that's letting it make the kind of progress it hasn't seen in years.
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Congress hasn't officially declared war since 1942. Presidents launched these 11 military operations anyway.
Presidents have repeatedly ordered military operations without Congress since WWII. In some instances, lawmakers have checked the president's power in response.
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A top NATO commander says the West can no longer count on its homelands staying safe in future wars
The West has long enjoyed home countries staying safe as their militaries fought wars abroad. But the growing air threat has ended that security.
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Ukraine's defense firms split themselves up to avoid being a big target. Europe now needs to do the same, they say.
Ukrainian defense firms work across multiple sites to avoid being big targets for Russia. They say European counterparts need to start doing the same.
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A top Ukrainian interceptor drone maker learned that faster isn't always better when hunting Russian Shaheds
Wild Hornets, which is behind the popular Sting interceptor drone, scaled back the speed in favor of loitering time.
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Russia wrapped a whole building in an anti-drone cage, satellite imagery shows. Ukraine fired on it with cruise missiles.
Cage armor has been used to protect vehicles on the battlefield, but it is unusual to see it covering an entire building.
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A US task force gearing up for a counter-drone fight put a new autonomous system to the test at the southern border
The long-range, non-kinetic autonomous platform can sense and disable small drones at extended ranges.
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The front-line drone 'kill zone' is widening, up to 50 km in some areas. Ukrainian officials say 'it's a dead zone.'
The kill zone in Ukraine, where every target can be spotted and destroyed, keeps expanding.
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