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

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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


Air-raid siren tests across Israel on Wednesday

The air raid exercise is part of a larger, nationwide drill meant to simulate full-scale war with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which are ongoing through Thursday.

Israelis take cover as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza strip in the city of Ashkelon, southern Israel, on May 19, 2021.

The day Israel’s wars changed forever

This war was different, because this was not our tanks against theirs on some desert plain; rather, it was their missiles against our population centers, their rockets against our kindergartens.

Yitzhak Shamir, prime minister during the 1991 Gulf War, is flanked by then-defense minister Moshe Arens (left) and an unidentified officer

Iran has a new warship packed with drones and missiles

On its surface this is just a transport ship, but Iran has crowded its deck with all sorts of weapons to show off what it can do.

Iranian Navy ships on a training exercise

Hezbollah and Lebanese allies are building a case for war – analysis

Hezbollah and its allies in Lebanon, including President Aoun, are thus already creating the context for the post-war scenario.

Members of Hezbollah march with party's flags during a rally marking al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day) in Beirut

Middle Israel: Lessons from Israel’s most forgotten war

Half a century after the War of Attrition and half a decade since the last round in Gaza – a word in favor of strategic attrition

Eliana Duy, 8, FL, stands in front of the wreath that U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis, General John Kelly, White House Chief of Staff and Cindy McCain, wife of late Senator John McCain, lay a ceremonial wreath honoring all whose lives were lost during the Vietnam War at at the Vietnam Veteran

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SIPRI: Israel has close to 100 nuclear warheads

Report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) says there’s an estimated 13,865 nuclear weapons in the hands of nine states.

An unarmed AGM-86B Air-Launched Cruise Missile is released from a B-52H Stratofortress over the Utah Test and Training Range during a Nuclear Weapons System Evaluation Program sortie, 80miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., September 22, 2014. Picture taken September 22, 2014.

Syrian army shoots down drone near Hama airport

The Syrian Arab Army forces stationed in Hama were instrumental in the creation of the Tiger Forces, an elite unit commanded by Brigadier General Suheil al-Hassan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visit the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria December 11, 2017

Iran is too smart to go to war

The subsequent difficulties of staying in Iraq to rebuild the Iraqi state have overshadowed one of the greatest military successes in the history of warfare.

U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo visits Iraq

U.S. Air Force working on laser technology to diffuse missiles in flight

If everything stays on schedule the US Air Force is about two years out from introducing this revolutionary technology in warfare.

 The fourth U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft arrives at the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada in this April 24, 2013 photo released on May 8, 2013.