Iran, Ukraine and drones
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The U.S. military and its allies across the Middle East are struggling to combat Iran’s swarms of cheap attack drones as the war enters its second week. Pentagon officials this past week reportedly conceded in closed-door briefings with lawmakers that waves of Iranian-launched drones are punching through air defenses,
The U.S. military has lost two more MQ-9 Reaper drones during "Operation Epic Fury" in Iran, according to two U.S. officials. This brings the total to 11 drones lost so far.
The U.S. Army is testing a new 30-millimeter round designed to help attack helicopters counter the growing threat posed by enemy drones on the battlefield.
America's clone of Iran's Shahed-136 had been used against Iran in an ironic vignette of modern drone warfare.
As the war in Iran spreads, Kyiv is eagerly offering its hard-won expertise and advanced technology to counter Iranian drones.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country will work with the Pentagon and Gulf allies to share what it has learned during four years of drone warfare.
U.S. Army Sgt. Javon Purchner, a 13F Joint Fire Support Specialist with the 1st Cavalry Division, was named the Army’s first Best
The case of mistaken identity prompted the Federal Aviation Administration to close additional airspace around Ft. Hancock, about 50 miles southeast of El Paso. The military is required to formally notify the FAA when it takes any counter-drone action inside U.
The family of fallen U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Declan Coady shared heartfelt memories after the 20-year-old Drake student was killed in an Iranian drone attack in Kuwait.
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Trump’s sons launch jaw-dropping bid to cash in on military drones as war demand surges
The sons of Donald Trump are moving into the booming military drone business. Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump are backing a Florida startup that plans to sell drones to the Pentagon — and the timing lines up with a surge in global demand for the technology.
In the week before an Iranian retaliatory strike that killed six U.S. service members, Iranian intelligence was likely able to identify and track American forces, according to a memo reviewed by CBS News.