Russia's maker of T-series tanks is using hundreds of Western and foreign equipment pieces: Ukrainian intelligence

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Russian T-90M tanks travel through central Moscow during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade.
Russia's tanks, such as the T-90Ms pictured here, are manufactured by Uralvagonzavod, which Ukraine says uses 260 pieces of Western and foreign-made equipment to make the armored platforms.

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The Titanic wreckage was found 40 years ago during a secret US Navy mission to recover nuclear submarines

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Part of the Titanic wreckage, explored during a dive in 1996.

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Ukraine is keeping soldiers in Western training longer — betting on skill over mass against Russia

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Ukrainian soldiers take part in a training excercise operated by British and Netherlands' armed forces as part of the Interflex programme, in eastern England, on June 17, 2025.
Ukrainian soldiers are trained in the UK and other Western nations in the UK-led Operation Interflex.

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Ukrainian analyst says Chinese footage of Shenzhen city was found inside a Russian decoy version of the Shahed

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A Ukrainian official looks at the wreckage of a Gerbera drone, designed as a decoy for the Russian Shahed, in a grass field.
A Ukrainian official looks at the wreckage of a Gerbera drone, designed as a decoy for the Russian Shahed. Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov said he had uploaded several clips retrieved from a camera on a Gerbera.

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How paratroopers are tackling drone warfare as the US Army bets big on the tech

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Two US Army soldiers look at a first-person view quadcopter drone on a muddy, grassy terrain with a cloudy sky in the background.
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US Army photos by Elena Baladelli

Behind the scenes of the US Army's first air-to-air kill with an FPV drone

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A fixed-wing drone flies in the bottom left corner of the picture, and a first-person view drone flies in the top right. The sky is cloudy and grey.
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Photo courtesy of 1st Lt. Francesco La Torre

The West isn't deep in the all-out drone race. That could be a good thing.

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Two men hold a large grey drone against a grey sky and a muddy ground
A still from a video released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows Russian soldiers preparing their drone to launch it towards Ukrainian positions on an undisclosed location in Ukraine.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

Russia just joined the exploding drone boat fight, hitting Ukraine with one after watching so many of its own warships sink

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A Russian naval drone approaches a Ukrainian reconnaissance ship.
Russia carried out what appears to be its first naval drone attack this week.

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Why this NATO drone maker is buying made-in-Ukraine parts

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A man stands in a green field under a blue sky wearing green camouflage gear and holding a drone on his shoulder
Ukraine is rapidly innovating new types of drone and their components.

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Satellite photos show China prepping to display a full lineup of anti-ship missiles for countering the US Navy

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Satellite images show dozens of mobile systems parked in rows and columns.
Satellite imagery of a staging area in Beijing's parade village for the coming Victory Day celebrations show dozens of mobile systems and drones being readied for display.

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