Warfare

Ukraine’s sling against Russia: How 'geniuses in garages' transformed robotic warfare

The road to becoming a robotic superpower was paved with skepticism, but Ukraine did not set out to become a world leader in military robotics - it set out to survive.

OLEKSII REZNIKOV, Ukraine’s former defense minister, attends a parliament session in Kyiv, June 2023.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the media as he arrives to attend an informal European leaders' summit in Ayia Napa, Cyprus, April 23, 2026; illustrative.

Ukraine secures drone deals with nearly 20 countries, Zelensky announces

Alon Lifshitz, Founding Partner of Aurelius Capital

Israel's new threat map is a system, not a front

Elbit System's Rook unmanned ground vehicle

The ground loyal wingman and the future of manned-unmanned combat - opinion


Rafael subsidiary strikes deal with four NATO countries for Trophy APS

'In the coming years, APS will be increasingly embedded as a standard requirement across armored fleets...and treated as an essential element of modern land warfare'

EuroTrophy GmbH and KNDS Deutschland

Gaza reveals future of urban combat western armies aren't prepared for - opinion

The war in Gaza was modern urban war, not genocide, writes Andrew Fox in his latest research paper for the Henry Jackson Society

Israeli army soldier holding a mounted machine gun in front of destroyed buildings in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City.

What’s in a name? A lot: Why Israel must reframe hasbara as informational warfare - opinion

In a world where narratives shape policy and policy shapes survival, adapting Israel’s communications doctrine to information warfare is not optional. It is the existential imperative of our time.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to international media on the Gaza war, in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025

US Navy launches first one-way attack drone from ship amid growing threats

The US Navy has launched its first one-way attack drone from a ship, a milestone in the mission to field low-cost drones at scale.

A Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) successfully launches from the flight deck of the Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32) while operating in the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 16.

Armed drones continue to fly ahead, and so is the tech bringing them down - analysis

Several dozen c-UAS companies, both Israeli and international, took part in the recent UVID Drone conference in Tel Aviv last week, highlighting their technology

An aircraft lands on the tarmac near a "No Drone Zone" placard on the day of an emergency meeting of Belgian government officials and experts, following drone sightings that closed Brussels Airport, at Brussels international Airport in Zaventem, Belgium, November 6, 2025.

'Moneyball Military': How civil tech and sheer numbers are reshaping global defense strategies

The next era of warfare will be defined by the fusion of military quality with the speed and scale of civilian innovation

Government military technology

Israel’s sacred war: Two years in the grip of the hostages - opinion

For Israelis, the hostages represent the social contract itself: the promise that the State of Israel will never leave its citizens behind enemy lines.

PROTESTERS CALL for the release of the hostages held in Gaza at a demonstration outside Sderot last Saturday night. The large sign reads: ‘Time for a decision, life or death.’

Abu Obeida: A Goebbels-esque propagandist who tricked the world - opinion

Foreign press coverage of Abu Obeida’s assassination downplayed him as a mere Hamas spokesman. They know he was so much more than that.

ABU OBEIDA speaks; viewed in Nablus, Jan. 19.

When machines kill: The dangerous responsibility gap in autonomous warfare - analysis

An autonomous weapon has the built-in capability to select the suspected target and decide to execute the lethal action without human involvement.

 Canadian sailors walk by a drone in the Arctic

The challenge of protecting maneuvering forces on the modern battlefield

Israel must accelerate R&D, field-testing, and procurement of compact counter-drone systems, ensuring that every maneuvering brigade is equipped with tactical protection.

 A Hermes 900 drone flies as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Palmachim Air Force Base near the city of Rishon Lezion, Israel July 5, 2023