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Ukraine’s intelligence department posted footage on Tuesday of what it said were first-person-view attack drones launched by boat crews on the open sea.The Main Intelligence Directorate, or GUR, wrote in a statement on its Telegram channel that the clips were archival footage of a raid on September 11, 2024.”Thanks to…

Russian forces have been using naval drones packed with explosives to practice attacking and sinking ships, mimicking one of the tactics that Ukraine has leaned on to fight Moscow’s warships.However, the Russian training does not appear to be directed at the Ukraine war since Kyiv does not have much in…

Russia is regularly hammering Ukrainian cities with one-way attack drones. Kyiv, however, intends to meet that threat by pouring millions of dollars into interceptor drones designed to engage Russian threats.In a statement posted to Telegram on Wednesday, Defense Minister Denys Shmyhal announced four contracts for drone intercept technology worth over…

Combat footage increasingly shows how North Korea’s old multiple launch rocket systems sent to Russia are susceptible to attack from first-person-view drones.Ukrainian units have been uploading clips of their drones striking the artillery systems, with some igniting the launchers’ exposed munitions to cause catastrophic damage.In one recent clip, posted by…

A new video shows the US Army’s first test of a drone dropping a live grenade on a target.Small drones have been dropping grenades in combat for years, but this way of war is new for the Army. There’s now a growing recognition that proficiency with small drones will likely…

Newly aired state media footage showed Russia operating what look to be American-designed Ram pickup trucks with Shahed-style drones ready for launch in the back.Zvezda, the Russian defense ministry’s TV channel, released a video on Sunday spotlighting the large Yelabuga drone factory in the Tatarstan region, which is where the…

The Kremlin is building its way toward a reality where it can soon launch 2,000 Shahed one-way attack drones in one night, according to two recent Western assessments.Maj. Gen. Christian Freuding, the German defense ministry’s commander of planning and command staff, said in a Bundeswehr interview aired on Saturday that…

Anti-drone rifle bullets are emerging in the Ukraine war, potentially giving ground troops a safer option against the cheap drones that are now the battlefield’s No. 1 killer.While Russian troops were seen experimenting with such ammo since at least last year’s winter, Ukraine’s defense innovation program debuted its own version…

As the prospect of a renewed Russian threat looms over Europe’s eastern flank, EU leaders are accepting that the continent is ill-prepared when it comes to the risk of future conflict.Last week, Andrius Kubilius, the European commissioner for defence and space, called for a sweeping ramp-up of drone production, urging…

The Ukrainian military said on Friday that it carried out a long-range attack on a Russian factory producing warheads for Moscow’s deadly Shahed drones, marking Kyiv’s latest deep-strike operation targeting the Kremlin’s war machine.The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said it targeted the JSC FNPC Research Institute of…