US allies are scrambling to buy Ukraine's counter-drone tech, but gear alone isn't enough to defeat the Shahed threat

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A man in a black hoodie stands wearing googles and holding a controller looking at a black interceptor drone in a cloudy sky
Ukraine's interceptor drones have caught allies' eyes as a low-cost way to stop enemy drones.

Genya SAVILOV / AFP via Getty Images

Iran's drone war is exposing deep cracks in US and allied air defenses

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Ukraine has become the world leader in defending against attack drones after four years of war with Russia.
Ukraine has become the world leader in defending against attack drones after four years of war with Russia.

Viktor Lysenko/BI

Russia loaded its cheap 'Molniya' strike drones with extra batteries and high-def cameras, turning them into recon tools

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A Russian Molniya drone.
Russia has modified its Molniya drones to enable them to conduct reconnaissance missions.

Ministry of Defense of Ukraine/Screengrab via X

This 16-year-old refused a $300,000 offer to drop out of high school and now runs his own AI company

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Rudrojas Kunvar
Rudrojas Kunvar built Evion, an AI farm tool, while in high school.

Rudrojas Kunvar

NATO allies are linking their defenses together to better hunt and kill drones on its eastern edge

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A man stands next to a tall radar. An uncrewed system flies in the sky past him. The beach is icy.
Digital Shield 2.0 is the second test in an ongoing exercise to strengthen air surveillance on Russia's border.

US Army photo by Maj. Alexander Watkins

Iran's use of missiles has been different from what military analysts expected — here's what that may signal

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Iran's drones and missiles are a centerpiece of its efforts to counter attacks by the US and Israel.
Iran's drones and missiles are a centerpiece of its efforts to counter attacks by the US and Israel.

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A Ukrainian bomber drone went out for a strike mission. It returned impaled by a crude trident, photos show.

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A trident impaled in a Ukrainian drone.
The trident stuck in the fuselage of the Backfire drone.

Courtesy of Alex Eine

A new US military task force just used its cheap Shahed lookalike drones for the first time to strike Iran

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Cheap US military drones are positioned on the tarmac.
Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, drones.

US Central Command photo

US Army drone school leaders say they don't want to buy gear that can't be easily upgraded

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Three men in camouflage gear sit outdoors wiht one wearing a headset and holding a controller with a small screen in front of them
The US Army's new drone course is designed to make soldiers lethal with small drones.

US Army/2nd Lt. Veronica Jordan

These new Ukrainian ground robots can launch unjammable fiber-optic drones close to the front so troops don't have to

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A black ground robot on six wheels on snow with a drone flying above it under a grey sky
Ratel Robotics said it had adapted one of its ground robot models to carry and launch fiber-optic drones.

Ratel Robotics

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