Russia is adding fiber-optic cables to its cheap 'Molniya' strike drones, making them unjammable

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A Russian Molniya drone above the battlefield in Ukraine.
A Russian Molniya drone.

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The West is embracing drone crashes and losses as the costs of learning — but with limits

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A man looks at a screen sitting in a field with a black drone in the air above him
Ukraine's experience of drone warfare is pushing allies to train for it, and treat drones differently from other weaponry.

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Ukraine says it can arm allies with 1,000 anti-Shahed interceptors a day, maybe more, if it gets more investment

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A man in camouflage gear squats in a yellow field holding a silver drone
Allies' interest in Ukraine's knowledge and technology for how to stop drone attacks has soared, and it says it wants to help.

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Zelenskyy says Russia has already earned back $10 billion of its 2026 deficit in 2 weeks of the Iran war

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy holds a mic as he addresses an audience while seated.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks at an event in Paris.

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One Ukrainian operation holds some of the most important lessons for the West as it readies for future drone wars

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A still from video footage shows a firey explosion beside a grey jet on an airfield with 'Failsafe' written in capital red letters over the footage
Ukraine conducted a devastating, large-scale, and new type of drone attack on Russian military bombers in Siberia.

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Satellite images show Russia expanding a new front-line drone base in occupied Ukraine

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An overview of the Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine in March 2026.
Russia has converted the Donetsk airport into a drone base.

Satellite image ©2026 Vantor.

Ukraine showed NATO artillery crews how to use drones. Now they're figuring out how to make them work in the Arctic.

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A soldier gets ready to launch a UAS A1-CM ''Furia'' used for reconnaissance and artillery fire correction in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Ukraine, on February 22, 2026.
A Ukrainian soldier prepares to launch a drone for reconnaissance and targeting.

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These are the 21 most dangerous countries for US travelers in 2026, according to the US State Department

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Tehran engulfed in flames after explosing
Iran is one of the countries on the US State Department's "Do-Not-Travel" list.

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The US Army wants to see if it can get robots to rescue wounded troops like they're doing in Ukraine

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Maj. Drew Kang, Fire Support Officer, 2nd Cavalry Regiment
Maj. Drew Kang, Fire Support Officer, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, discussed his unit's work on emerging technologies during a recent event in Washington, DC.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tien Dat Ngo

The new era of drone warfare is creating a new level of risk for civilians, even when they're not the target

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A large black drone on the ground, with a man in camouflage bending beside it and gesturing to a small metal drum-shaped object beside it
Shahed-style drones are being used in huge volumes by Russia and Iran, and shooting them down can cause problems.

AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

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