US Marine Corps urgently modernizes its counter-drone capabilities to keep pace with Russia and China

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US Marines search for nearby unmanned aerial system threats
US Marines search for nearby unmanned aerial system threats using a Light-Marine Air Defense Integrated System aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer.

US Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms

Drones in Ukraine have the same problem cell phones do in cold winter weather, giving pilots less time to hunt

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Ukrainian soldiers prepare a long range drone in the snow
Ukrainian soldiers prepare a long range drone near the Bakhmut frontline in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast on January 12, 2024.

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Britain says it developed and test-fired a futuristic laser cannon that can shoot drones out of the sky

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The UK's DragonFire laser weapon being tested in an undated handout.

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Ukraine is being forced into a new era of drone warfare as its basic models succumb to Russian jamming

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Four Ukrainian military members stand under a small drone with an attached bomb under a blue sky
Ukrainian military members learn to fly drones with bombs attached in May 2023 in Ukraine's Lviv region.

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Ukraine is resorting to attacking Russia with small drones because it's running out of artillery ammunition

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Ukrainian military learn to fly drones with bombs attached at a special school on May 12, 2023 in Lviv region Ukraine.

Paula Bronstein

Ukraine's 'army of drones' are bombarding Putin's forces, hitting a record 205 pieces of Russian military equipment last week, official says

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A Ukrainian drone pilot reaches for a reconnaissance drone in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023.
A Ukrainian drone pilot reaches for a reconnaissance drone in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023.

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Russia and Ukraine are fighting the kind of drone war the US military has been worrying about, and it's scrambling to prepare for a future that's already here

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Ukrainian soldiers launch a drone at Russian positions near Bakhmut in December 2022.

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