Russia's attack drones are flying higher and faster. A Ukrainian air defender says old machine guns aren't enough to kill them anymore.

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Ukrainian servicemen of the mobile anti-aircraft fire group of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade prepare anti-UAV machine guns on November 24, 2024 in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Ukrainian mobile air defense units use truck-mounted machine guns to shoot down Russian drones.

Photo by Yevhenii Vasyliev/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Ukraine is using helium-filled balloons to extend the range of its attack drones

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Aerobavovna develops tethered aerostat systems equipped with specialized equipment.
Aerobavovna develops aerostat systems with specialized equipment.

Aerobavovna

Ukraine says its unusual missile-armed sea drones have scored hits on multiple Russian helicopters in the Black Sea

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A still from video footage shows a Russian helicopter in the sky above the Black Sea.
A still from video footage shows a Russian helicopter in the sky above the Black Sea.

Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine/Screengrab via Telegram

How air, land, and sea drones are causing all kinds of mayhem in Ukraine

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A Ukrainian soldier holds a fake bomb attached to a flying drone in a grassy field with a blue sky in the background.
Drones have defined the war in Ukraine, with Russian and Ukrainian forces adapting to challenges in real time.

Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

FAA bans drone flights in much of New Jersey

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A United Airlines plane lands at Newark Liberty International Airport in front of the New York skyline on September 17, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey.
United Airlines planes at Newark Liberty International Airport.

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Wing and DoorDash chose a heck of a time to launch delivery drones from malls in Dallas-Forth Worth

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Wing drone
Wing has conducted commercial drone delivery services in the US since 2019.

Wing

The US military is sending counter-drone systems to New Jersey bases. Here's how the Dronebuster works.

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A US Army soldier uses a Dronebuster to neutralize an enemy drone during a training exercise in Indiana in February 2024.
A US Army soldier uses a Dronebuster to neutralize an enemy drone during a training exercise in Indiana in February 2024.

US Army photo by Spc. Jonathan D. Vitale

China is limiting the sale of key components used to build Ukraine's drones: report

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Workers build drones at a Chinese factory.
China appears to be curbing the sale of crucial drone components to the West amid an escalating trade dispute with the US.

VCG/VCG via Getty Images

Fighting in Ukraine is giving rise to a new kind of drone warfare: hit-to-kill intercepts

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This still image captures a Ukrainian FPV drone right before it strikes a Russian Lancet drone.
 

Ministry of Defense of Ukraine/Screengrab via X

The Pentagon knows it's got a drone problem. Here's what it's doing about it.

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A contractor hand-launches a drone at a counter-UAV training site in California in January 2020.
A contractor hand-launches a drone at a counter-UAV training site in California in January 2020.

US Army photo by PFC Gower Liu, 11th ACR Public Affairs

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