Interceptor drones, a popular air defense tool in Ukraine, are becoming a global hot commodity. In just a year or so, these drones have gone from flying at 100 mph to over 220 mph. But drone makers ...

A new battlefield problem, million-dollar interceptors taking down low-cost drones, and a push to build cheaper ...

Instead of the heavy systems used by the U.S. military since World War II—missiles and ships that are expensive to design, build, and operate—this war is powered by swarms of mass-produced and ...

Wladimir van Wilgenburg stands in a residential neighborhood in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and points out incoming drones high in the sky. "The U.S. defense systems, as you can see, are ...

Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, told a defense audience in July 2025 that the alliance had not fully anticipated the speed at which drones have reshaped modern combat.

As Operation Epic Fury enters its third week, relentless attacks by cheap Iranian drones are being fended off by multi-million-dollar U.S.... Cheap drones are reshaping modern warfare — and catching ...