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Anxious after the shock removal of Ukraine’s reformist defense minister, the country’s front-line troops say that they’ve found some solace in a new appointment for another key war role — commander in chief.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed 43-year-old Brig. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi as the country’s new top general on Tuesday.For…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s surprise dismissal of his reformist defense minister has sent shockwaves through the country, causing unease and anxiety as Kyiv enjoyed a wave of fresh momentum on the battlefield.Ukrainian defense industry sources described the removal of 35-year-old Mykhailo Fedorov last week, after just six months on the…
When Israel’s top air defense system first came online more than two decades ago, the idea that it might one day be used to battle hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles seemed far-fetched to some.”I can tell you that I didn’t imagine that we would use Arrow as much as we…
Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, says it’s not his job to protect Hollywood giants from the rise of Netflix and other streaming insurgents.This week, Bonta and 11 other attorneys general sued Paramount Skydance to stop its deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Paramount says it needs the deal to compete…
European countries are showing growing interest in the Israeli-made David’s Sling missile defense system, a senior Israeli official told Business Insider. The continent is racing to bolster its air defenses in preparation for a potential war with Russia.Roughly a dozen European countries have shown interest in purchasing David’s Sling over…
Global military budgets in 2025 totaled $2.6 trillion. The US accounted for more than a third of that total.The US has the world’s most expensive military, spending nearly $1 trillion on defense. That’s over three and a half times China’s reported defense budget, the next largest.From spending on nuclear technology…
The Russian threat is real, and it’s time for European defense companies to start copying Ukraine and break up production across multiple sites, a Ukrainian official and multiple defense firms told Business Insider.Russia’s drone and missile attacks are so widespread that weapons companies working in Ukraine typically can’t afford to…
IRPIN, Ukraine — The soldiers arrived in darkness. Pulling up to a field in a van, they began quietly setting up their ground control station on the side of the road. Headlamps cut through the night as they prepared to launch.Before sending up the interceptor drone, they flew a small…
Nicolás Maduro has a reason to shake his jailfeather.Anna Estevao, an attorney who represented Sean “Diddy” Combs in his blockbuster criminal trial last year, joined the former Venezuelan president’s defense team on Thursday.The move comes after Maduro’s lead attorney, Barry Pollack, joined Estevao’s law firm, Harris Trzaskoma LLP.The boutique litigation…
