Satellite images show Russia expanding a new front-line drone base in occupied Ukraine

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An overview of the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine in March 2026.
Russia has converted the Donetsk airport into a drone base.

Satellite image ©2026 Vantor.

US Army officers say battlefield leaders facing new drone threats have another problem to deal with — it's information overload

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US Army soldiers with the 2d Cavalry Regiment are absorbing lessons learned from the war in Ukraine as they train with Ukrainian troops and test new methods.
US Army soldiers with the 2d Cavalry Regiment are absorbing lessons learned from the war in Ukraine as they train with Ukrainian troops and test new methods.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Rebecca Call

Ukraine showed NATO artillery crews how to use drones. Now they're figuring out how to make them work in the Arctic.

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A soldier gets ready to launch a UAS A1-CM ''Furia'' used for reconnaissance and artillery fire correction in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Ukraine, on February 22, 2026.
A Ukrainian soldier prepares to launch a drone for reconnaissance and targeting.

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The US Army wants to see if it can get robots to rescue wounded troops like they're doing in Ukraine

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Maj. Drew Kang, Fire Support Officer, 2nd Cavalry Regiment
Maj. Drew Kang, Fire Support Officer, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, discussed his unit's work on emerging technologies during a recent event in Washington, DC.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tien Dat Ngo

The new era of drone warfare is creating a new level of risk for civilians, even when they're not the target

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A large black drone on the ground, with a man in camouflage bending beside it and gesturing to a small metal drum-shaped object beside it
Shahed-style drones are being used in huge volumes by Russia and Iran, and shooting them down can cause problems.

AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

How Big Tech data centers become a military target during the war in Iran

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Dubai data center strikes
Jebel Ali port was also hit during an Iranian attack.

Raghed Waked/Reuters

Ukrainian troops say their hard-won lessons on Iranian Shaheds apply far beyond their war at home

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A damaged large black drone and other scraps lying in a field with two men standing beside holding a white tarp
Ukraine has developed new ways to take down Shahed-style drones. Now the US is facing Shaheds in the Middle East.

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Zelenskyy said the US asked Ukraine for support in fighting off Iran's Shahed drones, so he's sending experts their way

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VILNIUS, LITHUANIA - JUNE 12, 2023: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy seen during a joint press conference with the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg on the second day of the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Zelenskyy at a press conference at the 2023 NATO Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, on July 12, 2023.

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Top American admiral in the Middle East says the US struck an Iranian drone carrier. He said 'it's on fire.'

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151, launches from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in support of Operation Epic Fury, Feb. 28, 2026.
An F/A-18E Super Hornet takes off to support combat operations against Iran.

US Navy photo

Used by Iran, Russia, and now the US, the cheap Shahed is reshaping modern war

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Men in camouflage stand in front of a green armored vehicle holding a damaged large black drone on its side, under a sunny sky
Iran's Shahed drones are used in the Middle East, its Russian copy has been devastating in Ukraine, and now the US has a version.

ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images

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