Ukraine, drones and Russia
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Defense News on MSNUkraine, NATO eye tech trials for intercepting Russia’s cabled dronesDrones operating via fiber-optic wires are a new military challenge globally, as they are largely immune to jamming and interception attempts.
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Australia’s Abrams Tanks Enter Ukraine’s Drone War as Armored Survivability Faces a New EraThe tank roof is the weakest point of the Abrams and this is a drone war,” an Australian Defence official explained to ABC News, capturing a truth now defining armored warfare in Ukraine. As Australia sends 49 retired M1A1 Abrams tanks to support Kyiv’s land forces,
The Ukrainian military says its new weapon system, which launches antiaircraft missiles from a remote-controlled speedboat, has brought down two Russian jet fighters.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The number of Russian troops killed or wounded in Ukraine has topped 1 million, military officials in Kyiv said Thursday, describing the huge price that Moscow has paid for its 3-year-old invasion.
Ukraine recently used inexpensive drones to inflict serious damage to Russia's strategic bomber fleet in an audacious attack.
Ukraine’s drones range from small, autonomous boats patrolling the Black Sea to aircraft that travel hundreds of kilometres into Russia. Most are designed to be made from parts that are cheap, easy to find and simple to put together,
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The National Interest on MSNWhy Did America Just Pull an Anti-Drone Weapon Shipment from Ukraine?While Ukraine would benefit from these systems, the United States has far more direct interests elsewhere in the world—and increasingly on the home front as well. In the wake of Ukraine’s recent drone attacks on Russian airfields—its so-called “Operation Spiderweb,
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RBC Ukraine on MSNMoscow region hit by Ukrainian drone strike on key military-industrial site – General StaffUnits of the Unmanned Systems Forces, in coordination with other components of the Defense Forces, carried out a successful strike on an important object of the enemy’s military-industrial complex (MIC) in the Moscow region of Russia,