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APKWS rockets were kept from Ukraine to be used to defend US in the Middle East.
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Counter-Drone Weapons Diverted From Ukraine To Middle East Amid Rising Tensions, Hegseth Confirms

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 11, 2025

In an exclusive interview with The War Zone, Ukrainian Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, commander of the Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR), talked about his game-changing sea drone campaign against Russia.
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AIM-9X Being Used By Ukraine’s Drone Boats To Engage Russian Jets, Not AIM-9M

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jun 10, 2025

Russia giving North Korea Shahed 136 production capability.
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Russia Giving North Korea Shahed-136 Attack Drone Production Capability: Budanov

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jun 9, 2025

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) says it has developed upgrades for a family of modular, rapidly deployable protective structures to improve their ability to shield against drone attacks.
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Growing Drone Threats Lead To Army Modular Shelter Kit Improvements

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 9, 2025

Russia launched revenge attacks across Ukraine for the destruction of its bombers.
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Russia Executes Revenge Strikes Against Ukraine For Blowing Up Its Bombers

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 6, 2025

Inside frontline drone operations in ukraine
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Ukrainian Commander’s Exclusive Insights On Brutal Drone Warfare On The Frontline

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 4, 2025

New satellite imagery and an official video has revealed more about the scale of destruction and damage inflicted on Russian airfields in Ukraine’s unprecedented covert drone attacks last weekend. Today, the Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, which carried out the drone attacks, published previously unreleased drone footage showing the attacks underway.
Air

Confirmed Losses Of Russian Aircraft Mount After Ukrainian Drone Assault

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 4, 2025

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite imagery that TWZ has exclusively obtained from ICEYE points to multiple Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers having been damaged or destroyed at Belaya Air Base.
Air

Latest On Russian Aircraft Loss Assessments From Ukrainian Drone Strikes

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 3, 2025

Ukraine's SBU said it mined the Kerch Bridge, severely damaging it. Russian sources downplay the damage.
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Ukraine Strikes At The Heart Of Russia’s Highly Defended Kerch Bridge

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 3, 2025

Hardened aircraft shelters are up for debate as Russia experienced a major attack from Ukrainian drones.
Air

Mass Drone Attack On Exposed Russian Bombers Puts Spotlight On Hardened Aircraft Shelter Debate

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 3, 2025

More details are emerging about the scope of the massive Ukrainian drone attack on Russian bombers and how it was pulled off.
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What We Know About Ukraine’s Mass Drone Assault On Russian Bombers

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 2, 2025

The future of Russia's bomber fleet after Ukraine's mass drone attack.
Air

What Ukraine’s Unprecedented Drone Attack Means For Russia’s Bomber Force

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jun 2, 2025

Bear bomber struck by Ukrainian drone.
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Russian Strategic Bombers Destroyed In Unprecedented Wide-Scale Drone Attack (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 1, 2025

Russian sources claim Its force are using a Chinese laser to down Ukrainian drones.
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Chinese Laser Weapon Is Claimed To Be In Russian Service

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 1, 2025

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) claims it show down a Russian jet target drone converted to be a weapon.
Air

Weaponized Russian Jet-Powered Target Drone Shot Down Over Black Sea: Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 30, 2025

A Ukrainian commander opens up about the benefits and challenges of using fiber optic cables to control first person view (FPV) drones.
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Inside Ukraine’s Fiber-Optic Drone War

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 28, 2025