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The Iran war could be a big opportunity for Ukraine’s battle-proven counter-drone tech, but one company says it worries it will miss its window without export access. Loading audio narration… The US and its allies in the Middle East are now facing drone threats that Ukraine has fought for years,…
The US Army has purchased thousands of cheap interceptors since the Iran war began, its top civilian official has disclosed, as the Pentagon looks to grow its arsenal of low-cost air defenses. Loading audio narration… Army Secretary Dan Driscoll told lawmakers that after the US began Operation Epic Fury, the…
The US Navy has confirmed the loss of an expensive spy drone amid the Iran war, its first known loss of this particular uncrewed aircraft. Loading audio narration… Naval Safety Command revealed in a new aviation mishaps report that an MQ-4C Triton crashed on April 9, with no injury to…
Ukrainian forces have been substantially slowing Russia’s advance and are seeing fresh battlefield gains not achieved in years, warfare experts said. Loading audio narration… “The Ukrainians are gaining more ground,” George Barros, a conflict analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington DC-based think tank, told Business…
The US Army has set up a massive counter-drone training mission in the Middle East amid the Iran war, surging to the region systems that have extensive combat experience in Ukraine. Loading audio narration… A US defense official told Business Insider that the mission marks the Army’s largest-ever counter-drone training…
The effects of the Iran war showed up in the latest US inflation reading. Inflation climbed to the highest rate since May 2024, and gas prices reached a record month-over-month increase. Loading audio narration… The consumer price index increased 3.3% in March from a year ago, up from the 2.4%…
People are so focused on the US and Israel’s battle with Iran that they’re overlooking the wider war being waged, Ray Dalio says. Loading audio narration… “Virtually nobody is talking about the fact that we are in the early stages of a world war that isn’t going to end anytime…
A top NATO commander has said Ukraine’s battlefield adaptation is impressive and that the alliance needs something like an “HOV lane” to fast-track new war tech. Loading audio narration… In its four years of fending off Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine has demonstrated an “adaptation DNA,” Adm. Pierre Vandier, NATO’s Supreme…
Your local grocery store’s produce section is the latest casualty in the war with Iran. Loading audio narration… Wholesale prices for a range of fruits and vegetables, including blueberries, limes, and tomatoes, rose sharply over the past month, according to data from the US Department of Agriculture.Higher oil prices since…
Americans are feeling the effects of the ongoing war in Iran at the gas pump.Since the conflict started at the end of February, gas prices have been rising across the US, with a gallon of gas surpassing $3 in all 50 states for the first time since 2023. A dozen…















