Ukraine has a war lesson for NATO forces: Drone units need to be constantly on the move with command centers buried deep

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Two men in khaki in an indoor location with controllers and fiber optic spools
Ukraine keeps its drone units and command posts on the move and concealed where it can, including by putting them underground.

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Russia once saved drones for bigger targets. Now they're so cheap it'll send as many as 15 after just one Ukrainian soldier.

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A man in camouflage gear stands with his back turned and holding a small drone while standing on snowy and muddy ground under a cloudy sky
The growing number and cheap cost of drones mean Russia can send more after every Ukrainian soldier.

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Why militaries well-equipped to fight enemy aircraft and missiles may still struggle to confront the drone threat

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A man in camouflage gear holds a large grey drone on his shoulder walks across a wooden bridge over a trench with a blue sky behind him and snowy ground around him
Western militaries aren't as used to fighting the drone threat as they are aircraft and missiles.

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Ukrainian soldiers are shooting down friendly drones. Companies making them say it's the cost of a chaotic war.

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Orange smoke is lit up orange as a figure fires a gun in the air in a field at night time
Ukrainian soldiers see numerous drones on the battlefield, and it's not always clear which side they belong to.

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Not getting the Western weapons it wanted drove Ukraine to create the gear and tactics the West now seeks

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A man in camouflage gear and a helet launches a dark grey drone in the air under a blue sky and in a field of withered sunflowers
The West is interested in the weaponry and tactics Ukraine developed in part as a result of its shortages of other weaponry.

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Suddenly, everyone wants drone interceptors like Ukraine, but the supply isn't there

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A man in camouflage squats touching a black bullet-shaped interceptor drone
Ukraine's success with interceptor drones, as well as the new drone threat from Iran, has resulted in a lot of new interest in these defensive systems.

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Marines are speeding up aircraft turnarounds for a scattered future fight and moving more munitions faster to keep up

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Marine aviation ordnance technicians load bombs onto an aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California on Oct. 17, 2020.
Marine aviation ordnance technicians load bombs onto an aircraft at Naval Air Facility El Centro, California.

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A Ukrainian drone company says it's teaming up with a US firm because staying home means getting 'eliminated'

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A man bends over a small stack of drones on a blue surface with stacks of small black drones behind him in a room
Ukraine's General Cherry makes FPV and interceptor drones.

AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

US Navy reveals it lost a $240 million spy drone during the Iran war

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An MQ-4C Triton assigned to Uncrewed Patrol Squadron (VUP) 19 prepares to land at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy, Jul. 2, 2024.
An MQ-4C Triton drone crashed on April 9, the US military revealed this week.

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Inside Iran's weapons arsenal

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Kurdish officials displayed the remnants of a Shahed drone (foreground) they recovered from an Iranian attack.
Kurdish officials displayed the remnants of a Shahed drone (foreground) they recovered from an Iranian attack.

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