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Homemade exploding Ukrainian drones are carrying bombs held on with zip ties and tape — and can't even be landed safely once launched

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A Ukrainian soldier loads dummy grenades on a drone for target practice in the region of Dnipro, Ukraine, on April 18, 2023.
The makeshift drones are small in size but cheap, easy to make, and deadly.

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Massive incendiary attack in Bakhmut shows Russia's 'scorched earth' tactics have turned the eastern Ukrainian city to rubble

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BAKHMUT, UKRAINE - JUL 24: A teacher walks through the rubble of a school bombed by the Russian army in Bakhmut, Ukraine, 24 July 2022. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
A teacher walks through the rubble of a school bombed by the Russian army in Bakhmut, Ukraine, 24 July 2022.

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A Ukrainian farmer stripped pieces off wrecked Russian tanks to make an armored, remote-controlled, mine-sweeping tractor

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Remote controlled demining machine made of tractor and armoured plates from destroyed Russian military vehicles is seen in a field near the village of Hrakove.
The remote-controlled de-mining machine proudly displays painted Ukrainian flags.

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Former F-16 pilot says he would not want to fly missions over Ukraine right now, arguing 'there is no fighting chance'

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A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the the 408th Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, flies a training sortie Sept. 9, 2015, over Germany.
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the the 408th Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, flies a training sortie Sept. 9, 2015, over Germany.

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Top US general predicts troops will have to always be on the move and be 'nearly invisible' to survive on future battlefields

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U.S. Army soldiers take part in a joint military drill of South Korea and the United States in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.
U.S. Army soldiers take part in a joint military drill of South Korea and the United States in Paju, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023.

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'Godfather of AI' warns that 'bad actors like Putin or DeSantis' could use AI to win wars or manipulate voters

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Computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton stood outside a Google building
Geoffrey Hinton told MIT Tech Review about his worries over how AI tools, which he helped pioneer, will be used.

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Russian commanders now punish misbehaving troops by sticking them in dirt holes covered with metal grilles called 'zindans:' UK intelligence

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Russian military conscription soldiers troops Grozny Chechnya
Conscripts stand at a Russian military conscription office in Grozny, Chechnya on November 17, 2014.

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US intelligence believes 'slaughter-fest' battle in eastern Ukraine has cost Russia 100,000 dead and wounded in only a matter of months, White House reveals

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Ukrainian artillery fires towards the frontline during heavy fighting amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 13, 2023.
Ukrainian artillery fires towards the front line during heavy fighting amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near Bakhmut, Ukraine, April 13, 2023.

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Russian journalist seen in propaganda video breaking the rules by loading a rocket launcher says he figures it is ok since Ukrainians are Nazis

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A rocket is launched from a truck-mounted multiple rocket launcher near Svyatohirsk, eastern Ukraine, on May 14, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
A rocket is launched from a truck-mounted multiple rocket launcher near Svyatohirsk, eastern Ukraine, on May 14, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Big China investor Ray Dalio says that if the US goes to war with China, there should be rules like not fighting on each other's soil

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Ray Dalio speaks during the Web Summit 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal on November 7, 2018.
Ray Dalio.

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