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The Shahed-136’s most dangerous feature was never its warhead. It was the mesh network quietly stitching dozens of drones together mid-flight, turning each surviving drone into a signal repeater for every other. Ukrainian signals intelligence just severed that network at its root — by destroying the relay stations Russia had been running off Belarusian soil.…
A tidal wave of drones has just landed in the hands of one of Ukraine’s most capable special units. Soldiers from the Special Operations Center “A” of the Security Service of Ukraine, better known as Alpha, have received more than 25,000 drones from the Come Back Alive Foundation. According to the foundation, this marks the…
An ATR-72-600 turboprop operated by Myanmar National Airlines was hit by multiple FPV suicide drones while passengers were boarding at Myitkyina Airport on the evening of February 20, 2026. No one was killed or injured, but the attack marks the second time in eight days that drones have targeted the airport, and what appears to…
A new Wall Street Journal report by Jillian Kay Melchior details for the first time what actually happened when Ukrainian drone operators faced off against NATO conventional forces during last May’s Hedgehog 2025 exercise in Estonia. The results were, by multiple accounts, a disaster for the alliance. Here is what you need to know: NATO…
Ten days ago, we covered SpaceX’s emergency speed limit on Starlink terminals, the first measure designed to kill satellite connectivity on Russian strike drones flying over Ukraine. Four days ago, we reported on the full terminal authorization system that Ukraine and SpaceX announced as the next phase. Today, that system went live. And it hit…
Elon Musk confirmed on Sunday that SpaceX‘s measures to stop Russia from using Starlink on strike drones have worked. Hours later, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov announced the next phase: a full terminal authorization system that will disconnect every unverified Starlink device operating on Ukrainian territory. Fedorov added a claim that puts the entire effort…
War has always been about who adapts faster, and right now Ukraine is speed running that lesson with a buzzing soundtrack. According to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence and Defense News, more than 80 percent of confirmed enemy targets are now destroyed by drones, most of them built at home, assembled locally, and apparently delivered with…
Bessemer Venture Partners just released its 2026 defense tech roadmap, and the message for the drone industry is clear: autonomous systems aren’t experimental anymore. They’re defining battlefield outcomes. The venture capital firm, which has backed companies across the defense sector, argues that defense technology has advanced more in the past 24 months than in the…
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