Russia says it bombed Ukrainian drones. Satellite image analysis suggests it only hit crop trucks.

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An overhead view of Ukrainian trucks parked next to a field.
Russia said it carried out a strike on Ukrainian drones last week.

Russian Ministry of Defense

China is making big aircraft carrier moves. Here's how its flattops stack up against the US Navy.

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China's aircraft carrier CNS Fujian sailing in a deep blue ocean.
TK

Xinhua News Agency/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images

NATO allies are betting on tanks, even as exploding drones are wiping them out in Ukraine

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Ukraine tank
A Ukrainian tank drives down a street in the heavily damaged town of Siversk which is situated near the front lines with Russia on January 21, 2023 in Siversk, Ukraine.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

NATO's building a 'Walmart' for bargain drone-killers cheaper than jets and missiles to counter Russia, top commander says

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A French Rafale fighter jet takes off during a joint mission with Polish F16s at an air base in Minsk Mazowiecki on September 17, 2025.
A French fighter jet takes off from a Polish airbase in September.

THIBAUD MORITZ/AFP via Getty Images

Russia is stepping up its hunt for top targets: the pilots powering Ukraine's drone fight

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A Ukrainian serviceman carries a Domakha reconnaissance drone, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 2, 2025.
Ukrainian drone pilots have become increasingly under threat.

Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect

Photos show an F-35 flaunting a fresh kill marking after the stealth fighter made NATO history by downing Russian drones

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A grey fighter jet in the sky with a new drone-shaped marking under the cockpit circled in red
The Dutch F-35 was pictured with a new marking.

Facebook/Dutch Ministry of Defense/Business Insider

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

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