Russia is stepping up its hunt for top targets: the pilots powering Ukraine's drone fight

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A Ukrainian serviceman carries a Domakha reconnaissance drone, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 2, 2025.
Ukrainian drone pilots have become increasingly under threat.

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Photos show an F-35 flaunting a fresh kill marking after the stealth fighter made NATO history by downing Russian drones

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A grey fighter jet in the sky with a new drone-shaped marking under the cockpit circled in red
The Dutch F-35 was pictured with a new marking.

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Russian pilots are turning unjammable drones into flying IEDs to ambush Ukrainian vehicles

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A Ukrainian tank drives on a road in a village in the Dnipropetrovsk region, on March 16, 2025.
Russia is increasingly using roadside drones to ambush Ukrainian armored vehicles.

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Inside the anti-'woke' revolt that has American troops in its crosshairs

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A military helmet surrounded by computer cursors

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Fishermen in the Philippines keep finding China's underwater stealth drones

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Members of the Philippine Coast Guard lifting up a 12-foot-long underwater drone made with Chinese labeling.
The Philippine Coast Guard said on Tuesday that Filipino fishermen had turned over a 12-foot-long underwater drone they found near the waters of Palawan.

Philippine Coast Guard

Ukraine is leaning on helicopter crews to hunt down and shoot Russia's exploding drones out of the sky

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A man wearing camouflage gear and a beanie stands on top of a helicopter that is sat on a brown ground, with some of its internal systems exposed
Ukraine is using its helicopters as defenses against Russian drones, and says they are very successful.

Ihor Tkachov / AFP

A US warship just joined up with NATO's new mission to blunt undersea sabotage for the first time

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), transits across the Atlantic Ocean after completing a comprehensive training unit exercise.
USS Bulkeley has joined NATO's Baltic Sentry mission.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Nye

Military women fear losing 'every bit of ground' as Hegseth looks backward to the 1990s

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As women have increasingly found new roles in the US armed forces, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has proposed a review of standards changed since the 1990s.
As women have increasingly found new roles in the US armed forces, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has proposed a review of standards changed since the 1990s.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Angela Wilcox

Trump went off about 'ugly' stealth warships in his wandering chat with US generals and admirals

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USS Zumwalt conducts at-sea tests and trials on the Kennebeck River.
The president called some of the US Navy's stealth ship designs "ugly."

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Trump floats the idea of bringing back battleships

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The US Navy battleship USS Iowa seen from above firing guns while sailing in blue waters.
The last US Navy battleship was decommissioned in March 1992, over 30 years ago.

Photo courtesy of the US Navy

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