Robotics industry insider says the future is one soldier backed by AI controlling swarms of drones

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A man in khaki gear and black goggles holds a controller with a small black drone in the blue sky behind him
Moving past an operator controlling one drone would be gamechanging.

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Ukraine showed the UK its classic 'tactically safe' trench-clearing methods don't work in chaotic, booby-trapped trenches

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A figure in camouflage gear and a helmet runs in a shallow, muddy trench with another figure leaning over the side of it in the background and another walking, all under a grey sky
Ukraine's east has become full of trenches, which are key to keeping soldiers in alive in a flat landscape packed with drones and artillery.

Roman PILIPEY / AFP

Ukrainian robotics company says autonomy in defense is overhyped — but it's also past the point of no return

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A person in a khaki fleece and balaclava sits in a dark space holding a controller and wearing goggles with a black spool of what looks like wire in front of them
Autonomy is being used more widely in warfare, but a lot of what is described as autonomous still heavily relies on humans.

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Russia is still exporting plenty of oil — but earning far less to fund its war on Ukraine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin looks on.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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Unjammable drones are leaving wires everywhere, forcing Ukrainian troops to move with caution

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The Stalker, a Ukrainian-made fiber-optic FPV drone, undergoes tests in Ukraine on July 3, 2025.
Fiber-optic FPV drones are dominating the battlefield in Ukraine.

Pavlo Bahmut/Ukrinform/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect

A Ukrainian drone maker says its interceptor took down a Russian Shahed armed with an air-to-air missile

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A Sting interceptor drone closes in on a Russian shahed.
Ukrainian drone-maker Wild Hornets said its interceptor took down a Russian drone carrying an air-to-air missile.

Wild Hornets/Screengrab via X

Ukrainian special ops forces narrowly dodged a drone strike. A soldier says his driver 'drove like a god.'

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A Russian drone attacks a group of Ukrainian special operators in September.
A Russian FPV drone hunts down a group of Ukrainian special operators.

4th Ranger Regiment of the Special Operations Forces of Ukraine/Screengrab via X

Inside the high-speed missions fueling Western fighter jets on Russia's doorstep

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A Swedish Gripen fighter jet is fueled by a Voyager tanker over Europe in November 2025.
A Swedish Gripen fighter jet receiving fuel from the Voyager.

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Ukrainian soldiers say Russian strike drones are flying smaller drones into battle like an 'aircraft carrier'

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The view from a Ukrainian interceptor drone as it hunts a Russian drone.
A Russian Molniya drone.

Ministry of Defense of Ukraine/Screengrab via X

Russia's only way to send astronauts to space has suffered some serious blast damage

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A Soyuz spacecraft fires its booster engines.
The Soyuz MS-28 lifts off at the Baikonur spaceport. The facility's only launchpad was damaged during the takeoff.

Screenshot/Roscosmos

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