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With the proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles across the globe, military tactics have been forced to evolve, which means new, high-tech weapons.
Ukraine has responded to a war it didn’t start by creating an industry it doesn’t want, but could the nation's drone expertise help it rebuild? To learn more, New Scientist gained exclusive access to the research labs,
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U.S. and Dutch Pilots Allegedly Flying Ukrainian F-16s in Combat, Sources Say
Newly emerged reports claim a mixed squadron with Ukrainian, U.S. and Dutch pilots is flying combat missions on Ukrainian F-16s. New reports which are quickly going viral claim that Ukraine has stood up a new mixed squadron with Ukrainian,
Drones were used by Ukraine to strike more than 800,000 Russian targets in 2025, defense officials have revealed. Uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) were used to destroy 80% of the personnel, equipment and vehicles targeted by Ukrainian forces, with the rest ...
Russia still has many air defenses, and experience it gained against Ukraine actually makes them a bigger threat to NATO aircraft than before 2022.
Ukraine struck one of Russia's most strategically significant defense facilities overnight, hitting the Votkinsk Machine Building Plant in a remote area nearly 800 miles from the Ukrainian border.
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Ukrainian Air Force F-16 Captured Shooting Down Russian Target with APKWS II
Following the first sighting of the new capability in December 2025, a Ukrainian F-16 was captured using APKWS II laser-guided rockets to engage a drone. A Ukrainian Air Force F-16 was captured for the first time while using its Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) II guided rockets against a Russian unmanned system,
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Ukraine's air defences have downed nearly 45,000 Shahed drones and over 300 ballistic missiles in four years of war
Since the start of Russia's full scale invasion, Ukraine's air defences have destroyed more than 140,000 aerial assets including more than 2,000 Kh-101 cruise missiles and 44,000 Shahed-type drones. Source: Ukraine's Air Force The Air Force listed the aerial assets shot down over the last four years: ・86 Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aero ballistic missiles