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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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

Ukrainian troops say their hard-won lessons on Iranian Shaheds apply far beyond their war at home

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A damaged large black drone and other scraps lying in a field with two men standing beside holding a white tarp
Ukraine has developed new ways to take down Shahed-style drones. Now the US is facing Shaheds in the Middle East.

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The war with Iran is more evidence that winning the fights you can't see is critical in modern combat

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Two F-35 aircraft sit on an aircraft carrier surrounded by munitions. The sun is setting in the background.
The US used layered, non-kinetic effects including electronic warfare in the initial phase of Operation Epic Fury.

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Used by Iran, Russia, and now the US, the cheap Shahed is reshaping modern war

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Men in camouflage stand in front of a green armored vehicle holding a damaged large black drone on its side, under a sunny sky
Iran's Shahed drones are used in the Middle East, its Russian copy has been devastating in Ukraine, and now the US has a version.

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A Ukrainian bomber drone went out for a strike mission. It returned impaled by a crude trident, photos show.

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A trident impaled in a Ukrainian drone.
The trident stuck in the fuselage of the Backfire drone.

Courtesy of Alex Eine

Ukraine's battlefield churn showed the West how much its weapons-making needed an overhaul, NATO official says

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A man in camouflage gear stands with his back turned to the camera with a major piece of weaponry and smoke coming out of it behind him, all on a field and under a cloudy sky
Ukraine is rapidly producing and adapting weapons, and NATO militaries are closely watching.

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The US Army hasn't faced serious threats from above in years. The war in Ukraine is forcing a rethink.

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A man in camouflage gear looks through binoculars with a grey sky and almost-bare trees behind him
Ukraine shows the US it may not be guaranteed control of the air in a future war, and soldiers will have to be far more suspicious of what's flying above them.

Spc. Richard Carlisi

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