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

With a boom and sparks, this $60 million Navy jet's aircraft carrier landing unraveled in seconds

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the
An F/A-18 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Logan McGuire

Ukrainian robotics company says autonomy in defense is overhyped — but it's also past the point of no return

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A person in a khaki fleece and balaclava sits in a dark space holding a controller and wearing goggles with a black spool of what looks like wire in front of them
Autonomy is being used more widely in warfare, but a lot of what is described as autonomous still heavily relies on humans.

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America's biggest defense contractors are fighting for their place in the future of drone warfare

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A line of men stand in front of a large uncrewed aerial vehicle parked on a tarmac with a sunset in the background.
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US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Rio Rosado

A US aircraft carrier's hard turn to avoid enemy fire surprised sailors and sent a jet with bad brakes into the sea

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The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman sails through the Mediterranean Sea on May 18.
The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman made a hard turn before sending a fighter jet and a tow tractor overboard.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Mike Shen

A Navy warship mistook US fighter jets for enemy missiles and opened fire. The targeted pilot saw his life flash before his eyes.

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A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet flies over the Red Sea during routine operations, January 5, 2025.
An F/A-18 operates over the Red Sea.

US Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gerald R. Willis

Investigators found Hegseth had a 'unique' system installed so he could use his personal cellphone from inside his secure Pentagon office

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US defense secretary Pete Hegseth wearing a blue suit with his head turned facing left.
The Pentagon inspector general released findings from an investigation into the secretary's use of Signal earlier this year.

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