Russian pilots are turning unjammable drones into flying IEDs to ambush Ukrainian vehicles

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A Ukrainian tank drives on a road in a village in the Dnipropetrovsk region, on March 16, 2025.
Russia is increasingly using roadside drones to ambush Ukrainian armored vehicles.

Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images

Ukraine is leaning on helicopter crews to hunt down and shoot Russia's exploding drones out of the sky

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A man wearing camouflage gear and a beanie stands on top of a helicopter that is sat on a brown ground, with some of its internal systems exposed
Ukraine is using its helicopters as defenses against Russian drones, and says they are very successful.

Ihor Tkachov / AFP

A US warship just joined up with NATO's new mission to blunt undersea sabotage for the first time

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), transits across the Atlantic Ocean after completing a comprehensive training unit exercise.
USS Bulkeley has joined NATO's Baltic Sentry mission.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Nye

Military women fear losing 'every bit of ground' as Hegseth looks backward to the 1990s

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As women have increasingly found new roles in the US armed forces, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has proposed a review of standards changed since the 1990s.
As women have increasingly found new roles in the US armed forces, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has proposed a review of standards changed since the 1990s.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Angela Wilcox

Trump floats the idea of bringing back battleships

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The US Navy battleship USS Iowa seen from above firing guns while sailing in blue waters.
The last US Navy battleship was decommissioned in March 1992, over 30 years ago.

Photo courtesy of the US Navy

NATO is trying to beat Russia and China on drones and robots. A top commander says it's not moving fast enough.

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A drone hovers near a military ship.
NATO forces tested drones, robots, and other systems off the coast of Portugal earlier this month.

Standing NATO Maritime Group 1

The Army and Marine Corps are paying more to repair vehicles that are less ready to fight, watchdog says

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Army M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle
An M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle at the Doña Ana Range Complex in New Mexico in August 2018.

Winifred Brown/Fort Bliss Public Affairs

Russian military aircraft fly close to NATO warships all the time, top commander says

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FGS Hamburg Frigate takes part in the operation to stop Merchant Vessel Royal Diamond 7, a ship carrying jet fuel from the United Arab Emirates to Libya's Benghazi, to enforce UN arms embargo on Libya within the Operation IRINI launched in May by EU, on September 10, 2020.
A Russian military aircraft flew near the German frigate FGS Hamburg earlier this month.

EUNAVFOR MED IRINI OPERATION/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Russians say they found unjammable fiber-optic drones in Ukraine's uncrewed sea vehicles

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An FPV drone equipped with fiber-optic long-distance data transmission is seen during training by Polish soldiers.
Russian reports say that fiber-optic drones have been found on board a Ukrainian naval drone that acted as a carrier.

Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

The Pentagon gutted its weapons testing office. The biggest losers could be the troops.

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A man wearing camouflage lies on the grass shooting a rifle. In the background is a line of trees and a cloudy blue sky.
One of the programs no longer being overseen by DOT&E is the Army's new XM7 rifle, the replacement for the M16/M4 series.

US Army National Guard photo by Spc. Turner Horton

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