Ukrainian drone schools say there's little the West can teach them about fighting a drone war

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Three men stand holding a drone and a phone under trees
Ukraine's drone schools, like Dronarium, are training drone operators for the war and trying to stay on top of fast-changing tech and tactics.

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The US has an Arctic warfare problem: not enough of the right kinds of weapons and tools

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
A fighter jet takes off from a snowy landscape with trees and a cloudy sky in the background.
The US military's renewed focus on the Arctic is exposing the types of weapons it needs for the region.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nicholas Paczkowski

Just 15 minutes to launch: Inside the sprint for the front-line NATO fighter pilots on scramble alert

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A McDonnell Douglas EF-18B Hornet of the Spanish Air Force flies over the Torrejon de Ardoz military base in Madrid, Spain, on October 12, 2025.
Spain deployed EF-18 fighter jets to Lithuania last month to support NATO air policing operations.

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Front-line NATO ally Finland says it's ready for a Russian attack. Here are the capabilities giving it confidence.

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Figures drive on tanks in snow
Finland's military was designed with threats from Russia in mind.

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Ukraine burned nearly $100 million worth of missiles in a single night battling a Russian barrage, Zelenskyy says

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Ukrainian servicemen shoot down a Russian missile during an attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 20, 2026.
Ukrainian forces shoot down a Russian missile over Kyiv on Tuesday.

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Russia's new Geran-5 turbojet drone looks like Iran's Karrar UAV and is souped up with American parts, Ukraine says

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A 3D sketch of the Geran-5 can be seen on a plain background.
GUR has uploaded a model of the Geran-5 and its foreign parts. The drone's warhead is shown mounted near the aircraft's nose.

Screenshot via the Ukrainian government "War & Sanctions" website

Ukrainian soldiers surprised a robot maker by using a drone to drop one of its bots into battle

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A black drone with mutiple rotors in the air above a grassy ground with a blue but cloudy sky
A Ukrainian unit used a drone to bring a ground robot closer to Russia's forces.

Florent VERGNES / AFP

Ukraine's elite Alpha unit dealt a $4 billion blow to Russian air defenses last year, security forces say

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A large green air defense system on a city road at night with figures in blue camouflage standing beside it
Ukraine said Russia's advanced S-400 air defense system was among those damaged and destroyed by its "Alpha" unit.

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Arms makers say that the fast-moving war in Ukraine is changing how they design and upgrade weapons

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
A green robot on tracks with a weapon mounted on top travels down a dirt mountain
Milrem Robotics is among the companies making its weapons so they can be upgraded as easily as possible.

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Russia could face costly write-offs in Venezuela on its oil assets and arms loans, think tank analyst says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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