Switzerland is eyeing cuts to its F-35 stealth fighter order amid price battles with the US

Tech Insider : Business
F-35 flying over snow-covered mountains.
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, a fifth-gen fighter facing new challenges.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Rufus

Western trainers who haven't fought anything like the Ukraine war are readying Kyiv's soldiers to fight the Russians. Oddly, it works.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment, Politics
A man holding a firearm in a trench with mist and trees behind him
Ukrainian soldiers are trained for types of combat like trench warfare, which is something other European militaries have not recently experienced.

JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images

The Kremlin's recruiters are crushing their targets and might get their 2025 goals bumped up, Ukraine spy chief says

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Muslim worshippers squat next to a Russian military recruitment poster outside a mosque.
A Russian military recruitment poster is on display next to a mosque in St. Petersburg.

Andrei Bok/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Vintage photos show what life looked like behind the Iron Curtain

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Economy
beach day ussr
Children admire a painting on a sunny beach day in Russia.

Vladimir Bogdanov/FotoSoyuz/Getty Images

Russia has been cutting the internet to stop drones — and it's driving a cash comeback

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business
Russian 100-rouble banknotes are placed on a cashier's desk at a supermarket in Tara, Russia.
Russian 100-rouble banknotes are placed on a cashier's desk at a supermarket in Russia.

Alexey Malgavko/Reuters

Russia's navy looks to be stretched thin after getting battered by Ukraine and losing a key port, Western officials say

Tech Insider : Business
In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Monday, April 14, 2025, the Admiral Golovko frigate of the Russian navy is seen during joint Russian Egyptian drills in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Russian frigate Admiral Golovko operates in the Mediterranean Sea in April.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

The DIY cage armor in Ukraine keeps getting weirder, wilder — and more 'Mad Max'

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Technology
A Ukrainian armored vehicle with a giant cage and netting around it, including sticks pointing out in various directions. The truck is on an asphalt road with green trees in the background.
TK

Pierre Crom/Getty Images

Investigation finds $13 million US military Reaper drone crashed into the sea after an unexplained failure saw its propeller fall off

Tech Insider : Business
An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft assigned to the 432nd Wing lifts off from Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, in February 2025.
The US military lost an MQ-9 Reaper drone last year after its propeller fell off during a mission.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Victoria Nuzzi

Inside the NH90 chopper that NATO warships lean on to find Russian submarines

Tech Insider : Business
An NH90 helicopter lands on the HNLMS De Ruyter operating north of Norway in August 2025.
The NH90 helicopter is capable of anti-submarine warfare.

Jake Epstein/Business Insider

Operators say Ukraine's ground robots are great combat tools — just not for scouting in the grass

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Technology
Two ground robots with tracks on brown ground with a drone in the sky above them
Ground robotic platforms are helping Ukraine attack and gather intel on Russia.

Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Subscribe to Military & Defense