Britain shows off a laser weapon that could take out drones for as little as $13

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DragonFire
Footage released by the UK's Ministry of Defence shows a DragonFire laser weapon being tested in Scotland in January 2024.

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Drones are watching 'at all times' and show just how 'scary' future wars will be, says a US Army officer focused on defeating them

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A Russian armored vehicle after it's hit by a Ukrainian drone.
A Russian armored vehicle after it was hit by a Ukrainian drone.

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The CEO of Palantir says he expects to keep losing employees over the company's support for Israel

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Alex Karp

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Russia keeps threatening world leaders when they go to Ukraine. What happens if someone gets hurt?

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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second from left, and Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, third from left, walk in a residential area damaged by Russian attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 6, 2024.
Presideny Volodymyr Zelenskyy (2nd left) and Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (3rd from left) in Odesa on March 6, 2024.

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Ukraine hits at least 3 Russian oil refineries in one of the largest drone strikes in recent months

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Fire at a Russia oil refinery
Smoke can be seen coming out of a Russian oil refinery in Ryazan on Wednesday following a barrage of drone strikes from Ukraine.

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Photos show Ukraine bracing for Russian assaults with some of the same tricks that derailed its big counteroffensive

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Kharkiv Region Bolsters Defenses With New Fortifications
KHARKIV REGION, UKRAINE - MARCH 12: Workmen take a break while preparing trenches on the new defensivee line on March 12, 2024 in Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Ukraine has accelerated the building of fortifications, making reinforced dugouts on the second line of defense, setting up anti-tank obstacles, ditches, and trenches for infantry.

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US troops are shooting at balloons to figure out how to beat one of the Ukraine war's most 'dangerous' and unpredictable weapons

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A Wisconsin National Guardsman and a small drone holding a balloon.
A Wisconsin National Guardsman and a small drone holding a balloon.

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The US Army has its eyes on the Arctic and is readying soldiers for the cold, unforgiving wastes that could be their next battlefield

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U.S. Army Sgt. Juan Ramirez, assigned to 5th Squadron, 1st Calvary Regiment, pulls security during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, Feb. 18, 2024.
U.S. Army Sgt. Juan Ramirez, assigned to 5th Squadron, 1st Calvary Regiment, pulls security during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska, Feb. 18, 2024.

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Russian defectors fighting for Ukraine are attacking their motherland and rolling across the border in tanks: reports

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Representatives of the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps holding a briefing near the border in northern Ukraine last year.
Representatives of the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps holding a briefing near the border in northern Ukraine last year.

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Problems in China have US intelligence worried the rising military power may become 'even more aggressive and unpredictable'

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People watch a video about China's military advancements at the Military Museum in Beijing on March 3, 2024.
People watch a video about China's military advancements at the Military Museum in Beijing on March 3, 2024.

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