Backpack drones with lasers are taking a critical job from multimillion-dollar aircraft and protecting pilots in the process

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A man in camoflage gear squats and takes a pale-colored drone out of a camoflage backpack, with a vehicle and another person behind him, all outdoors
PDW says its C100 drone is "packbackable," giving soldiers portable power.

Performance Drone Works

Ukraine says a massive Russian overnight missile and drone barrage was packed with 100,000 foreign-made parts

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A large black drone sits in a field beside 2 men who are holding. large white tarp
Russia's Shahed drones were among the Russian weaponry that Ukraine said it found foreign-made parts in

Ivan SAMOILOV / AFP

NATO's air policing mission is getting riskier for the F-35s, Gripens, F-16s, and other fighter jets at the front

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A grey fighter jet in the air pictured from the inside of another aircraft flying above, with the silhouette of some people in front of the camera visable in the foreground
Spain's Eurofighter Typhoon military fighter jets are among the host of jets participating in NATO's Baltic Air Policing Mission, pictured here in Lithuanian airspace.

AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis

Ukraine just broke cover on its newest homemade Neptune missile. It's bulked up with the latest upgrades.

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An image released by Ukraine of a modified Neptune cruise missile.
The latest variant of Ukraine's Neptune cruise missile.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal via X

Japan's destroyers are getting Tomahawks and a big leap in offensive power

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A Japanese warship is docked with a large crane putting a large white cylinder on top of the ship. The sky is blue and cloudy in the background.
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Japan Ministry of Defense

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.
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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

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