[Interview] Drone control means Ukrainians only need to wait for Russia’s economic crisis, expert says

Ukraine’s drone hunters can’t keep up with Russia’s fastest drones

Ukraine’s drone interceptor crews cannot reliably chase down Russia’s new jet-powered attack drones because their aircraft simply are not fast enough to catch them before their batteries run out, a frontline Ukrainian air defense commander has revealed in an interview to Militarnyi. The commander, who goes by the call sign “Ramzes” and leads the anti-drone []

Is Ukraine’s Decentralized Drone Innovation a Blip or a Revolution?

Weapons reworked on the front are driving Kyiv’s recent successes.

Drone operators aren’t spared from the horrors of war, and they’re top targets

Ukraine’s drone pilots are hunted by Russia and at risk just like other soldiers. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images Ukraine’s drone operators aren’t necessarily more protected than other soldiers on the battlefield. Saying “they are doing their job in much safer conditions is completely wrong,” an official said. They’re top targets, and a soldier said []

Ukraine’s new civilian battlefield: Surviving FPV drone attacks

Russian FPV drones, once used primarily against military targets, are increasingly becoming a weapon of terrorism against civilians. In front-line Kharkiv, residents are being forced to learn entirely new rules of survival as inexpensive battlefield drones reach residential neighborhoods, roads, buses, and private vehicles. Russia is now attacking Kharkiv in a new way, and the []

Israel must treat Hamas's drone smuggling as a national security threat - opinion

On a tour of the Negev, I learned that the threat is not just the smuggling of weapons over Israel’s borders via drones – some of which can carry 150 kilograms of arms – but the drones themselves.