Interceptor drones are taking over in Ukraine, but soldiers are still using machine guns to battle Russian threats

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A serviceman from an anti-drone mobile air defense unit of the 38th Separate Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires a M2 Browning machine gun during a combat shift on the front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, October 20, 2025.
Ukrainian mobile air defense units have long relied on aging machine guns to battle drones. That's changing.

Anatolii Stepanov/REUTERS

Who makes the best combat drone pilots? Ukrainian drone schools say it's young, tech-loving gamers and people used to staring at screens

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A mean wearing googles holds a controller in a field with a small drone flying behind him
Ukraine's drone operators have been key to its fightback against Russia.

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Ukraine's naval drones are gunning for Russia's 'shadow fleet.' A security source says a tanker just suffered a critical hit.

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A Ukrainian naval drone captures the moment another drone attacks an oil tanker.
Ukrainian naval drones attacked a tanker belonging to Russia's "shadow fleet" on Wednesday.

Screengrab via Security Service of Ukraine video

The Navy says AI cut a 160-hour submarine-planning job down to just 10 minutes — now it's investing $448 million to go bigger

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A black submarine is docked in dark water surrounded by concrete walls. There are cranes in the background.
After an initial focus on submarine shipbuilders and shipyards, the AI program will expand to surface ship programs.

US Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Heather C. Wamsley/released

US Navy secretary hopes new Friday office hours can prevent another frigate fiasco

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Renderings of the landing ship
Renderings of the LST 100 Medium Landing Ship

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Robotics industry insider says the future is one soldier backed by AI controlling swarms of drones

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A man in khaki gear and black goggles holds a controller with a small black drone in the blue sky behind him
Moving past an operator controlling one drone would be gamechanging.

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Weapons maker says it's seeing surging European interest in new kits that turn machine guns into drone-killers

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Soldiers of the Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment's (Połk Kalinoŭskaha) fire support group improve rifle and tactical training.
Small arms have emerged as a means of defense against drones.

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Airlift could be the Achilles' heel in the US Air Force plan for surviving a fight with China

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A C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane is seen from the front, sitting on a tarmac. The sky is clear blue in the background.
In a potential war with China, the Air Force would spread its aircraft and operations across the Indo-Pacific rather than just centralized airbases.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Adriana Jordan-Alcañiz

Videos show what it's like watching British Typhoon and Swedish Gripen jets refuel at 30,000 feet

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A British Typhoon jet receives fuel from an RAF Voyager in November.
A Typhoon fighter jet approaches a fuel hose.

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Ukraine showed the UK its classic 'tactically safe' trench-clearing methods don't work in chaotic, booby-trapped trenches

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A figure in camouflage gear and a helmet runs in a shallow, muddy trench with another figure leaning over the side of it in the background and another walking, all under a grey sky
Ukraine's east has become full of trenches, which are key to keeping soldiers in alive in a flat landscape packed with drones and artillery.

Roman PILIPEY / AFP

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