New tech will soon be turning Marine light vehicles into roaming drone- and aircraft-killers

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Beige military vehicles are parked in a line in the desert. They each have weapons mounted on top of them. The sky is clear blue in the background.
MADIS uses a pair of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles to track and shoot down drones and manned aircraft.

US Navy photo by Neil Mabini

US military bases are getting new high-tech 'flyaway kits' to deal with drones. Here's what's in them.

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A US soldier carries an Anduril Ghost X drone in Germany in February 2025.
A US soldier carries an Anduril Ghost X drone in Germany in February 2025.

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NATO's style of destroying Russian drones in Poland was 'not the way' to effectively defend its skies, Zelenskyy says

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Firefighters work on the destroyed roof of a house, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine.
Firefighters work on the destroyed roof of a house, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine on Wednesday.

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Patriot missile production is surging, but the demand is insatiable

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Exercise Artemis Strike is a German-led tactical live fire exercise with live Patriot and Stinger missiles at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece from Oct. 31-Nov. 09.
The US Army is learning from Ukraine's use of the Patriot surface-to-air missile system.

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NATO is pouring new spending into much-needed air defenses. Money alone won't fix the West's problems.

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German and Ukrainian soldiers stand in front of Patriot systems at a military training area in Mecklenburg, Germany, in June 2024.
The West needs more systems like the Patriot air defense missile system.

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NATO's big $1.4 trillion bet is seeing long-ignored air defenses coming back in a big way

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A Patriot launcher firing an interceptor in a field.
The MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system is the kind of ground-based air defense system that the West needs more of.

US Army photo by Sgt. David Rincon

Ukraine is giving its US-made Patriot systems steel armor to protect them from Russian missile shrapnel

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Two F-16 fighter jets fly over a Patriot Air and Missile Defense System aginst a grey sky
Ukrainian Air Force F-16 fighter jets fly over a Patriot system at an undisclosed location in Ukraine in August 2024.

AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

Fighting in Ukraine is giving rise to a new kind of drone warfare: hit-to-kill intercepts

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This still image captures a Ukrainian FPV drone right before it strikes a Russian Lancet drone.
 

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Turkey angles for Trump to break the deadlock on F-35 purchases

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Turkey wants to revisit its US ban on acquiring F-35 stealth fighters.
Turkey wants to revisit its US ban on acquiring F-35 stealth fighters.

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America's defeat in Vietnam offers a game plan for Ukrainian victory

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Ukraine and its Western allies should look to the Vietnam War for successful strategies to end the conflict, a security expert argues.
Ukraine and its Western allies should look to the Vietnam War for successful strategies to end the conflict, a security expert argues.

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