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French Navy Wildfire Exercise Pits Six Warships Against Drone Swarms
Six French warships, including a Mistral-class amphibious helicopter carrier for the first time, faced day and night attacks by single drones and…
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Ukraine JEF Partnership: Kyiv Offers Interceptor Drones and Co-Production
By video link to JEF defence ministers at Keflavik Air Base, Ukrainian Defence Minister Evgeniy Khmara offered interceptor drones, detection systems, and…
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Ukraine Air Defense: Germany Pledges €1B as Kyiv Seeks IRIS-T and Patriot
Ukraine’s defense minister handed Chancellor Friedrich Merz a priority list of IRIS-T and Patriot interceptors and F-16 ammunition as Russian jet-powered drones…
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Germany Funds Tens of Thousands of Quantum Systems Interceptor Drones
Berlin will finance tens of thousands of Quantum Systems interceptor drones built in Ukraine to counter jet-powered Shaheds, alongside IRIS-T missiles in…
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Ukraine Weapons Codification: 9 in 10 New Models Are Now Ukrainian-Made
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense codified 1,678 weapon models through September 25, 2026, and 91.2% were Ukrainian-made. Drones and ammunition dominate the mix,…
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Ukraine Selects Jet Shahed Interceptor Prototypes as Kill Rate Lags at 57%
Kyiv has selected its first jet Shahed interceptor prototypes as Ukrainian forces down only 57% of Russia’s jet-powered Shaheds, against 70% for…
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Ukraine’s Brave1 Market Tops 590,000 Drones Ordered as Interceptors Lead
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense says units ordered more than 590,000 drones on Brave1 Market in the first nine months of 2026, led…
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Russia’s Jet-Powered Shahed Drones: $12B 2027 Production Push, Kyiv Says
Ukraine says Russia has earmarked $12 billion to mass-produce jet-powered Shahed drones in 2027. Kyiv intercepts just 55 percent of the faster…
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Ukraine Defense Industry Hits $55 Billion Capacity as Wartime Exports Begin
Ukraine’s projected defense capacity has reached $55 billion for 2026, 55 times its pre-invasion size, built on 160-plus FPV drone makers. With…