Behind the US Army's drone push is broken gear, bad signals, and a lot of lessons that still need to be learned

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US Army soldier wearing a headset prepares to launch an FPV drone.
A US Army soldier wearing a headset prepares to launch an FPV drone.

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Spain is passing on the F-35, looking instead at European fighters as anxiety over Trump has had US allies rethinking the jet

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A US F-35 flies over Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida in October 2024.
A US F-35 flies over Jacksonville Naval Air Station in Florida in October 2024.

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How the US military is training a drone army 400 miles from Ukraine

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The US Army announced it will invest $36 billion over the next five years to modernize its force, with a heavy emphasis on drone technology.

Fort Stewart shooting involved a soldier, a personal handgun, and coworkers, US Army says

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The gate sign of Fort Stewart, Georgia, is pictured. The grass is green in the foreground and the sky is cloudy in the background.
Fort Stewart is home to the US Army's 3rd Infantry Division and Hunter Army Airfield.

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A South Korean shipyard just picked up a new repair job from the US Navy as it turns to allies to help fix the fleet

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A cargo ship sails in blue waters against a white sky in the background. In the foreground, two aircraft sit on top of the tarmac of an aircraft carrier.
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Nvidia warns that any GPU 'kill switch' or 'backdoor' into its AI chips would 'fracture trust in US technology'

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Nvidia published a blog post decrying the concept of AI chip kill switches and backdoors.

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Ukrainian soldiers are being trained for bomb-dropping drones — with water balloons

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A man in camouflage clothing and a hat and with a green balaclava covering his face holds a grey drone in the air with grass and trees behind him
Ukrainian soldiers are learning drone warfare techniques from Western allies in a UK-led program.

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See what Hiroshima looks like 80 years after the atomic bomb

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The Atomic Bomb Dome is one of the few surviving structures after the detonation.

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The key pillar of Russia's war chest is cracking. The timing couldn't be worse.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin sitting in a chair in the Kremlin, April 2024.
Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Kremlin summit in 2024.

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AIM-120 missile demand is surging. The Pentagon just signed a $3.5 billion deal to keep up.

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Air Force F-16 AIM-120D AMRAAM
A US Air Force F-16 launches an AIM-120D-3 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile at the Eglin Test and Training Range in July 2023.

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