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

New election ordered in Ukraine's neighbor following claims that Russia aided far-right presidential candidate

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Pro-European demonstrators in Bucharest, Romania's capital, on December 5, 2024.
Pro-European demonstrators in Bucharest, Romania's capital, on Thursday.

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Ukraine just gave a first look at its new homemade Hell 'drone-missile' with more than twice the range of ATACMS

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Ukraine's new "Peklo" munitions on display in Kyiv on December 6.

Genya SAVILOV / AFP

NASA is delaying sending astronauts back to the moon — but it still thinks it can beat China

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A golden sunrise surrounds NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft for Artemis I on the pad at Launch Complex 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 22, 2022.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said the delays had to do with issues found after the launch of the Artemis 1 mission in 2022.

NASA/Ben Smegelsky

Russia's artillery advantage is shrinking, but glide bombs are hammering Ukraine

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Ukrainian soldiers fired a mortar at Russian positions near the occupied Ukrainian city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on February 2, 2024.
Ukraine has struggled to keep up with Russia's artillery fire since the start of the war.

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Russia is suffering record casualties as the West steps up support for Ukraine, and it may struggle to replace them

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Four Russian soldiers riding a self-propelled mortar on a dusty track.
Russian soldiers ride a self-propelled mortar at an undisclosed location in Ukraine in October.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

The top arms dealers in South Korea and Japan are growing almost as fast as those in Russia

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The KH178, a South Korean 105mm light self-propelled howitzer, is on display at the Eurosatory Defense and Security expo in June.
South Korean firm Hyundai Rotem is producing the KH178, a self-propelled howitzer. Such artillery guns have particularly been in demand among European nations like Poland.

Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Satellite images show Iran's new drone carrier has set sail, leaving its home port for the first time

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Side-by-side images show the Shahid Bagheri at its berth on November 12 but absent on November 28.
Side-by-side images show the Shahid Bagheri at its berth on November 12 but absent on November 28.

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How arms trafficking actually works, according to a former arms dealer

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David Packouz is a former arms trader. In 2005, he joined the arms dealer Efraim Diveroli at AEY, bidding on contracts for the US military. In 2007, AEY won a $300 million contract to supply munitions to Afghanistan. Packouz was part of a cover-up to disguise the true identity of the ammunition, concealing that it was of Chinese origin.

Trump has shadow picks for Pentagon chief if Pete Hegseth drops out. The former Fox News host says he won't back down.

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A composite image showing Ron DeSantis, Joni Ernst, and Elbridge Colby.
Possible replacements for defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth include Ron DeSantis, Joni Ernst, and Elbridge Colby.

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