Russian drone attacks kill 9 in Ukraine
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Greece’s defense minister has confirmed that a military sea drone discovered on a Greek island last week is Ukrainian built.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had earlier warned of possible waves of Russian drone attacks throughout the day.
The Pentagon issued a call to defense industry executives in December 2025 to help it acquire and deploy over 300,000 small one-way attack drones by 2028 as part of a $1 billion initiative. The Marine Corps announced shortly after that it was launching six drone training programs open to any MOS.
For years, the U.S. military has been fielding small drones equipped with cameras that let troops see, for instance, over nearby hills or inside treelines. Now, though, the U.S. is trying to catch up to geopolitical adversaries such as Russia and China ...
The New York Times visited the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Lejeune as they underwent intensive training on first-person-view attack drones. These small, low-cost weapons systems have reshaped modern warfare in Ukraine and across the Middle East,