KHARKIV, UKRAINE — The Vampire drone gripped two precious pieces of cargo tightly — a bomb for the Russians and a delivery of still-warm KFC for the Ukrainians in the trench next to them. Nikoletta Stoyanova, a Ukrainian photographer, watched as the ...

Ukraine’s drone war exposed a brutal cost problem: drones can be ~$200, while interceptors can be tens of thousands to millions.That’s why lasers look like the holy grail — “a couple dollars per shot” and a “magazine” limited by electricity.

The drone threat in the Middle East, while serious and deadly, is negligible when compared to the capabilities of China, whose People’s Liberation Army will soon have the largest and most advanced drone force in the world.

The war in Ukraine can look like the future and the past at once. But it’s just our present, the only one we know.

Iran’s Starlink jamming and Ukraine’s drone war show commercial satellites now shape conflicts while space law lags behind, leaving militaries and private operators operating in a dangerous legal gray zone.

The Defense Department designates Michigan as a national test site. Drones, or what the military calls "uncrewed aerial systems," are increasingly buzzing Michigan’s skies as technology that's being used to fight wars, chase bad guys, repair power lines and even deliver packages.

"Drones have fundamentally changed how wars are fought," a State College resident writes.

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One of the latest incidents occurred on 7 February when Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces launched a suicide drone at a vehicle that killed 24 people.