Behind the scenes of the US Army's first air-to-air kill with an FPV drone

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A fixed-wing drone flies in the bottom left corner of the picture, and a first-person view drone flies in the top right. The sky is cloudy and grey.
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Photo courtesy of 1st Lt. Francesco La Torre

The US Air Force is taking notes from Ukraine's shock Operation Spiderweb to protect its strategic bombers

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Inside an airbase shelter, an aircraft sits on a runway and people stand around it. The background is a blue sky with a line of clouds.
Ukraine's operation Spiderweb against Russian aircraft could provide lessons for major military powers.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Omari Bernard

Paratrooper who scored the US Army's first drone-on-drone kill says it felt like a fight out of 'Star Wars.'

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Two US Army soldiers wearing camouflage and sunglasses work on a small drone. The sky is overcast in the background.
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US Army photo by Sgt. Jose Lora

The US Navy is building out its ability to run missile-attack drills as threats to the fleet rise

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A GQM-163 target launches from San Nicolas Island. The sky is blue and clear in the background.
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Photo courtesy of US Navy

The US Air Force just underwent a massive stress test of how it would fight a high-end war in the Pacific

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Four F-35 fighter aircraft fly above a cloudy blue sky.
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US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tryphena Mayhugh

It looks like jam-proof drones, a Ukraine war battlefield scourge, showed up at the US Navy's Silent Swarm exercise

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A small, black fiber-optic first-person view drone sits on rocks at a beach, with waves and a blue sky in the background.
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US Air National Guard photo by 1st. Lt. Elise Wahlstrom

China's catastrophic South China Sea crash shows how dangerous high-risk moves at sea can be

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A screenshot of a video showing a Chinese Navy vessel and Chinese Coast Guard vessel crashing into one another in the sea. The video is filming from a fishing boat. The sky is blue with some clouds in the background.
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Jay Tarriela, Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson

The DIY cage armor in Ukraine keeps getting weirder, wilder — and more 'Mad Max'

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A Ukrainian armored vehicle with a giant cage and netting around it, including sticks pointing out in various directions. The truck is on an asphalt road with green trees in the background.
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Chinese ships slam into one another during a South China Sea chase, Philippine Coast Guard video shows

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A screenshot of a video showing a Chinese Coast Guard vessel damaged after a collision with a Chinese Navy ship.
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Courtesy of Jay Tarriela, Philippine Coast Guard Spokesperson

US Army captain says top drone pilots are the ones who play video games when they get off on Fridays

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US Army soldiers looking at a handheld device.
US Army soldiers looking at a handheld device.

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