Europe's drone push exposes gaps in defense readiness

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A Tekever uncrewed aerial vehicle on the ground.
European defense companies like Portugal's Tekever are developing drones used on the battlefield in Ukraine.

TEKEVER

NATO's big $1.4 trillion bet is seeing long-ignored air defenses coming back in a big way

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A Patriot launcher firing an interceptor in a field.
The MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system is the kind of ground-based air defense system that the West needs more of.

US Army photo by Sgt. David Rincon

Israel showed that seizing air superiority isn't gone from modern warfare, but Iran isn't China or Russia

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A woman stands in front of a yellow and white metal barrier in front of two large pieces of weapnry made up of large cylinders pointed towards the sky
China's air defense arsenal includes the HQ-9B surface-to-air missile system and the HQ-19 surface-to-air missile system.

Hector RETAMAL / AFP

Wild videos capture fiery scenes from a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Russian bombers shielded by tires

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A screengrab shows a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian bomber aircraft.
Ukraine carried out a massive drone attack targeting Russian aircraft on Sunday.

Screenshot/Video obtained by BI

A Russian oil company says it paid out a $195,000 bounty to soldiers it credited with downing a US-made F-16 fighter jet in Ukraine

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A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet takes off from an airbase in Germany.
A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet takes off from an airbase in Germany.

Photo by Boris Roessler/picture alliance via Getty Images

We got an inside look at how frontline NATO allies would fight Russia

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Polish 6th Airborne Brigade conducts an air insertion at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, June 10, 2020.
A Finnish officer described the mission to jump out of airplanes via parachute and then form up to seize an airfield as "extremely difficult."

US Army Photo by Richard Herman

Drones in Ukraine show the way Western militaries are run is 'outdated,' UK warns

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A man in combat dress holds a large drone in the air as he walks over planks of wood over a trench
Drone operators of the 3rd Assault Brigade are seen working at positions near the frontline in the direction of Borova, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine.

Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images

Trump says Putin is 'needlessly killing a lot of people' after Russia fires hundreds of missiles and drones at Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in Astana; President-elect Donald Trump speaking at a at a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill.
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.

Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/AFP via Getty Images; Allison Robbert/Pool via Getty Images

Russia's attack drones are flying higher and faster. A Ukrainian air defender says old machine guns aren't enough to kill them anymore.

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Ukrainian servicemen of the mobile anti-aircraft fire group of the 112th Territorial Defense Brigade prepare anti-UAV machine guns on November 24, 2024 in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Ukrainian mobile air defense units use truck-mounted machine guns to shoot down Russian drones.

Photo by Yevhenii Vasyliev/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

Ukraine is using helium-filled balloons to extend the range of its attack drones

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Aerobavovna develops tethered aerostat systems equipped with specialized equipment.
Aerobavovna develops aerostat systems with specialized equipment.

Aerobavovna

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