Satellite images reveal that Russia built out a base for a new generation of jet-powered drones

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The Tsimbulova drone base in Russia's Oryol region in April 2026.
An April 22 satellite image shows the Tsimbulova drone base in Russia.

Satellite image ©2026 Vantor.

The US risks losing a future war without cheap precision-kill weapons, top Pacific admiral warns

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A soldier wearing camouflage crouches and works on a small drone with a blue cloudy sky in the background.
Adm. Paparo said US forces need cheap weapons for less exquisite targets.

US Army photo by Sgt. Duke Edwards

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

Inside the Army's extreme test lab, inventing futuristic food, gear, and warfighters

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A soldier aiming a gun at a virtual screen with digital people walking toward him.
Soldiers train on digital screens at Natick.

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This Ukrainian counter-drone company is worried about missing its moment in the Iran war

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A man in a green balaclava holds a small black interceptor in a sunny blue sky
Ukrainian company General Cherry makes drones and interceptor drones.

AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

This is what Iran's drones and missiles look like up close

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Iran attacked the Erbil region in northern Iraq over 400 times during its war with the US and Israel. WELT's Chief Correspondent Ibrahim Naber got exclusive access to the wreckage of Iranian weapons used to strike the Kurdistan region.

Iran's arsenal still has teeth. US intelligence says it still has thousands of missiles and drones.

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Iran's domestically built missiles and satellite carriers are displayed in a permanent exhibition at a recreational area in northern Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 24, 2026.
Iranian missiles on display in Tehran last month.

AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

Ukraine said it captured a Russian position using only ground robots and drones, no infantry, for the first time

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A green robot on six wheels with a machine gun on top and shubbery around it
Ukraine's growing arsenal of ground robots is working with its aerial drones against Russia.

Oleksandr Klymenko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Marines say the best attack drone pilots might be dirt bikers, not gamers

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A Marine with 1st Marine Division handles a Parrot Amari AI drone during a training exercise in Singapore, March 26, 2025.
A Marine with 1st Marine Division handles a Parrot Amari AI drone during a training exercise in Singapore, March 26, 2025.

Cpl. Tyler Wilson/US Marine Corps

Ukraine didn't just bring interceptor drone know-how to the Middle East. Zelenskyy says it shot down Iranian Shaheds.

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A figure in camouflage stands with their back to the camera in a field holding a silver and khaki intercetor drone in the air with one hand
A host of Ukrainian companies have developed interceptor drones, and Ukriane's president said such drones were successfully used in the Middle East.

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