Ukraine's use of a Patriot missile system to down Russia's prized A-50 spy plane was 'historic,' said a US air defense officer

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The Beriev A-50.
A Russian A-50 early warning and control aircraft during rehearsal for the Victory Day parade over Moscow on June 20, 2020.

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Taiwan is one-upping Ukraine's navy to defeat a Chinese invasion

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Taiwan is developing naval drones similar to those used so effectively by Ukraine, like the Magura drone seen here.
Taiwan is developing naval drones similar to those used so effectively by Ukraine, like the Magura drone seen here.

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Drone dogfights in Ukraine's skies usher in a new chapter of aerial warfare

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Drone-on-drone attacks between Russia and Ukraine signal a new era in modern warfare. Hobby drones are effective at taking out enemy craft and are much cheaper than using expensive missiles.

Russia has brought out its S-500, an 'experimental' weapon it's never used before, Ukrainian spy chief says as Ukraine hunts air defenses in Crimea

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A screen grab from a Russian Ministry of Defense video of a combat test fire of the S-500 air defense system.
A screen grab from a Russian Ministry of Defense video of a combat test fire of the S-500 air defense system.

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Russia has been knocking out Ukraine's night bomber drones with its own unmanned aircraft, combat videos seem to show

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Serviceman and a Vampire drone
A serviceman from the Vykhor, Dnipro unmanned combat aerial complex platoon of the 108th Separate Territorial Defence Brigade launching a Vampire drone in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on February 2, 2024.

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Ukraine's strikes on Crimean air defenses could end its role as a Russian military staging ground: experts

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A detonation of ammunition caused by a fire at a military training field in the Kirovsky district of Crimea on July 19, 2023.

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Russian ally ditching Putin's rival to NATO damages the image Putin wants to project of himself, experts say

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan shake hands facing the camera wearing suits in front of gilded arm chairs, gold table, and their countries' flags
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the summit of the Eurasian Economic Union in Moscow, Russia, in May 2024.

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Biden says that the US will back Ukraine for a decade. It may prove a hollow promise.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and US President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the G7 Summit on June 13, 2024, in Savelletri, Italy.

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A new plane Ukraine is getting will amplify its F-16s and eat into Russia's advantage in the air, experts say

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F-16

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Ukraine's big strike on Crimea shows how its older missiles can take out Russia's most advanced air defenses

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A Russian S-400 missile air defence systems passes through Red Square with a figure wearing military dress in the foreground with their back to the camera
Russian S-400 missile air-defense systems in Red Square during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day parade in Moscow in May 2022.

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