Drone-hunting helicopters are bolstering Israel and Ukraine's stretched air defenses

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An Israeli Apache AH-64 attack helicopter flies over the Mediterranean.
Helicopters are taking on some counter-drone missions in Israel and Ukraine to augment their strained air defenses. Here, an Israeli Apache AH-64 attack helicopter flies over the Mediterranean.

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Ukraine says it cracked open a Russian decoy drone used to fool air defenses and found Western parts inside

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A Russian decoy drone.
A Russian decoy drone.

Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine via Telegram

China has built a giant Osprey-like drone that engineers say can carry 10 passengers and fly at 340 mph

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Dozens of Chinese engineers hold a sign to celebrate the finishing of the Lanying R6000 prototype.
United Aircraft's team stands before the Lanying R6000 prototype with a sign that says the drone was just rolled off the assembly lines.

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Ukraine hit 2 Russian ammunition depots in 2 days — hammering the latest in a deep strike on a military airfield

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The aftermath of a Ukrainian attack on a Russian ammunition depot in September.
The aftermath of a Ukrainian attack on a Russian ammunition depot in September. Ukraine has been striking ammo depots across Russia more and more frequently.

Satellite image ©2024 Maxar Technologies.

Video shows the apparent destruction of a $10M Russian air defense system with a cheap drone worth a few hundred dollars

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A composite image shows a Russian Osa system firing rocket on top of green grass and against a blue sky beside a still from video footage that shows a weapons system smoking
A composite image shows a Russian Osa system and a still from footage that Ukraine said showed an Osa destroyed by a drone.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service photo via AP; GUR; Business Insider

Ukraine unveiled a brand new drone military unit with the goal of specializing soldiers in operating unmanned systems

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A pilot of the "Sharp Kartuza" division of FPV drones preparing a drone for a combat flight in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

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The next would-be assassin may be a drone pilot. US law enforcement doesn't look ready.

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The Secret Service failed to stop a gunman before he fired eight shots at presidential candidate Donald Trump at a July 13 rally. Experts worry law enforcement isn't ready for the rising threat drones pose.
The Secret Service failed to stop a gunman before he fired eight shots at presidential candidate Donald Trump at a July 13 rally.

Ukraine says it used its new long-range 'Palianytsia' rocket drone for the first time as it targets air bases deep inside Russia

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Ukraine's new Palianytsia rocket-drone.
The "Palianytsia" is designed to target Russia's "offensive potential," Zelenskyy said.

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See the hundreds of sea drones the US Navy is experimenting with overseas

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The solar panels charge the drone's rechargeable batteries and thrusters.
The Triton's solar panels charge the drone's rechargeable batteries and thrusters.

Ocean Aero

The Marines are testing its mobile drone-killing machine, equipped with Stinger missiles and machine gun turrets, for full deployment

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A Marine Air Defense Integrated System Mk1 during a system integration test
A Marine Air Defense Integrated System Mk1 during a system integration test in Yuma, Arizona.

US Navy photo by Neil Mabini

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