Ground drones are being used in at least 8 ways in Ukraine. A robotics operator thinks one is the most promising.

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A small wheeled robot fitted with a grenade launcher rolls on a dirt ground with a grey sky and a man behind it
Ukraine is using ground robots for a variety of uses, including firing RPG-7 grenade launchers as pictured and blowing up Russian positions.

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New images show a front-line NATO ally's plan to blunt a Russian invasion at the border

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Soldiers in camouflage gear and helmets stand holding firearms and wearing sunglasses.
Lithuanian Army soldiers take part in an exercise between the Lithuanian and Polish militaries near the borders with Belarus and Russia.

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A NATO drone maker is testing its weapons in Ukraine — with its CEO actually heading to the battlefield to see it firsthand

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Ukrainian servicemen who recently returned from the trenches of Bakhmut walk on a street in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 8, 2023.
Ukrainian servicemen who recently returned from the trenches of Bakhmut walk on a street in Chasiv Yar, Ukraine on March 8, 2023.

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Switzerland is eyeing cuts to its F-35 stealth fighter order amid price battles with the US

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F-35 flying over snow-covered mountains.
The F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, a fifth-gen fighter facing new challenges.

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Rufus

Western trainers who haven't fought anything like the Ukraine war are readying Kyiv's soldiers to fight the Russians. Oddly, it works.

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A man holding a firearm in a trench with mist and trees behind him
Ukrainian soldiers are trained for types of combat like trench warfare, which is something other European militaries have not recently experienced.

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Operators say Ukraine's ground robots are great combat tools — just not for scouting in the grass

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Two ground robots with tracks on brown ground with a drone in the sky above them
Ground robotic platforms are helping Ukraine attack and gather intel on Russia.

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Patriot missile production is surging, but the demand is insatiable

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Exercise Artemis Strike is a German-led tactical live fire exercise with live Patriot and Stinger missiles at the NATO Missile Firing Installation in Chania, Greece from Oct. 31-Nov. 09.
The US Army is learning from Ukraine's use of the Patriot surface-to-air missile system.

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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.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Rupiper

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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NATO is pouring new spending into much-needed air defenses. Money alone won't fix the West's problems.

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German and Ukrainian soldiers stand in front of Patriot systems at a military training area in Mecklenburg, Germany, in June 2024.
The West needs more systems like the Patriot air defense missile system.

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