Russia's missiles and drones run on Western tech. Here's how it keeps getting the parts.

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Dmytro Chubenko of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office stands beside the remains of a Russian-made, Iran-designed Shahed-136 drone, known as a Geran-2 in Russia, with a cheap decoy known as a Gerbera, to the left, as the prosecutor's office maintains a collection of Russian drones, glide bombs, missiles and rockets launched at Ukraine as evidence for eventual war crimes prosecutions against Russia, on July 30, 2025 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
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Ukraine said its modified Neptune naval missile was used to blast a Russian factory 150 miles away

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A road-mobile launcher firing a Neptune missile in testing.
A test of a Neptune missile in April 2020.

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The US Army is moving its new strike missile to a frontline Pacific ally, angering Russia and China

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A Standard Missile-6 is fired into the air from the Mid-Range Capability missile launcher. The sky is clear blue in the background.
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US Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian A. Stippey

Inside a top-secret training simulator where Air Force crews learned how to launch nuclear missiles during the Cold War

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Museum mannequins inside the Minuteman II missile procedures trainer at the National Museum of the US Air Force.
Museum mannequins inside the Minuteman II missile procedures trainer.

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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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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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China's missile force has Guam in its sights. The US military just took a big, first-of-its-kind step toward strengthening its defenses.

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A Standard Missile-3 interceptor launches during the test this week.
A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA is fired from a Vertical Launching System on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of the test on Tuesday.

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Putin gives more details on Russia's 'Oreshnik' hypersonic missile, saying its destructive elements reach over 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit

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Vladimir Putin told reporters in Kazakhstan about Russia's use of the Oreshnik missile in Ukraine.
 

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Ukraine says it found Western parts inside North Korean ballistic missiles fired by Russia

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Apparent wreckage of North Korean missiles used in combat against Ukraine.
Apparent wreckage of North Korean missiles used in combat against Ukraine.

Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine via Telegram

Iran's massive missile strike on Israel is just a fraction of what China could do

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A photo showing a Chinese missile standing upright in a forest location at night, with some Chinese soldiers surrounding it.
US military officials have identified China's missile force as a premiere concern in a potential Pacific conflict.

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War analysts say the massive Iranian missile attack the US called 'ineffective' likely wasn't just for show

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A photo showing some of Iran's missiles flying down in the night sky above the cityscape of Jerusalem, Israel.
Iran's strike on Israel on Tuesday was the largest ballistic missile strike in history.

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