Ukrainian Drone Attacks Push Russia to Record Seaborne Gasoline Imports
Russia is a major crude-oil exporter, but repeated Ukrainian drone attacks have disrupted its refineries enough to make the country…
Drones & Unmanned Systems
Ukraine Says Four-Day Russian Barrage Nears 1,500 Drones, Pressuring Interceptor Production
Nearly 1,500 drones in four days is the figure now defining Ukraine’s interceptor-production challenge. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched…
U.S. Northern Command Says 350-Plus Installations Have Uneven Drone Defenses
More than 350 U.S. military installations face the same broad requirement protection from potentially hostile drones but they do not…
U.S. Northern Command Laser Destroys Three Border Drones; Cartel Link Unconfirmed
U.S. Northern Command says an Army high-energy laser destroyed three drones along the southern border, marking the system’s first use…
U.S. Military Says Army Laser Downed Three Cartel-Linked Drones at Border
U.S. troops used a vehicle-mounted Army laser to defeat three drones near the southern border on August 25, marking the…
Ukraine Opens Avengers AI Labs to UK; 100,000-Feed Claim Remains Unaudited
About 100,000 drone video feeds per month could become training and test material for British military artificial-intelligence projects under a…
Japan Selects Terra B1, Company Claims Sole Pass and September Deliveries
Japan is moving the Terra B1 interceptor drone toward production before disclosing how much it will cost, how many it…
Russia’s NORSI Refinery Stops Crude Processing After Reported Ukrainian Drone Strike, Restart Unknown
Fifteen million metric tons of annual crude-processing capacity is now offline at Russia’s NORSI refinery, with no announced date for…
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Reportedly Leave 74% of Lukoil’s Perm Refininery Capacity Offline
Seventy-four percent is the combined share of stated refining capacity represented by two primary crude-processing units reportedly offline at Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez…
Army Awards Neros $500 Million Drone Ceiling, Not Guaranteed Spending
A three-year-old Southern California startup now holds a U.S. Army contract framework with a ceiling of $500 million for Archer…
Ukraine Replaces Independence Day Parade With Robots for Dangerous Military Jobs
Instead of columns of troops, tanks and missile systems, Ukraine filled its 2026 Independence Day display with machines intended for…
Ukraine’s Drone Campaign Pressures Russian Crude Flows to 3.46 Million Barrels Daily
Russia’s oil system faces a basic capacity conflict: disrupted refineries leave more crude available for export, but pressure on Black…
Chinese Turbojets Reportedly Make Shahed Drones Three Times Faster, Straining Ukraine’s Defenses
The defining difference between older Shahed-type attack drones and reported newer variants is no longer a modest electronics update. Ukrainian…
Spanish F-18s Scramble, Residents Shelter Without Confirmed Romanian Airspace Breach
Two Spanish Air and Space Force F-18 fighters scrambled while residents in northern Romania were told to shelter from potentially…
Ukrainian Drone Strikes Disrupt Russian Refineries, Squeezing Central Asia’s Petrol Supply
A refinery converts crude oil into usable petrol, diesel and aviation fuel. When that processing step stops, having ample crude…
U.S. Army Winds Down 600-Soldier Drone Unit While Pursuing One Million Drones
The U.S. Army is winding down a dedicated 600-soldier drone experiment while separately pursuing an ambition to acquire one million…
Ukraine Says €140 Million Funding Gap Blocks Tripling Daily Drone Production
Ukraine says its factories can triple military-drone production, but the manufacturing headroom has not been matched by secured financing. At…
Ukraine Drone Attack Reportedly Leaves 74% of Lukoil Perm Refinery Capacity Idle
Approximately 74% of the Lukoil-controlled Perm refinery’s capacity is associated with two crude-distillation units that industry sources say are now…