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Drones and missiles

The war of machines: drones, missiles, shields, and the race to shoot them down.
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REPORT: how FPV drones rewrote the battlefield mathAI-generated
Reportage· No. 3643

REPORT: how FPV drones rewrote the battlefield math

By late 2025, Ukraine was producing between two and three million FPV drones a year, according to an analysis published by Ukraine War Analytics…

FACT CHECK: Fire Point takes aim at Moscow, the rise of Ukraine's ballistic program
Analysis· No. 3640

FACT CHECK: Fire Point takes aim at Moscow, the rise of Ukraine's ballistic program

Ukrainian company Fire Point claims its FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile has a range of 3,000 kilometers, according to Euromaidan Press dated June 21, 2026,…

COLUMN: The F-16 and Patriot duo that shot down Russia's top fighterAI-generated
Column· No. 3637

COLUMN: The F-16 and Patriot duo that shot down Russia's top fighter

Three Ukrainian F-16s and a Patriot battery combined their capabilities to shoot down a top-tier Russian fighter, according to Euromaidan Press dated July 9,…

EDITORIAL: Three weeks without missiles, the supply breakdown that grounded Ukraine's F-16sAI-generated
Editorial· No. 3636

EDITORIAL: Three weeks without missiles, the supply breakdown that grounded Ukraine's F-16s

For more than three weeks, Ukrainian F-16 fighters found themselves unable to intercept Russian drones and missiles after Western-supplied munitions stocks ran dry, according…

DECODING: Fire Point, the company that changed the range of the warAI-generated
Analysis· No. 3633

DECODING: Fire Point, the company that changed the range of the war

A Ukrainian company now produces roughly 200 long-range strike drones a day, according to remarks attributed to its co-founder Denys Shtilerman and reported by…

ANALYSIS: The Omsk strike, the raid that redefines Ukraine's reachAI-generated
Analysis· No. 3632

ANALYSIS: The Omsk strike, the raid that redefines Ukraine's reach

On July 6, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery for the first time, a complex located roughly 2,500 kilometers from Ukraine's borders, according…

FACT-CHECK: is China really the top threat to the West? What the doctrine saysAI-generated
Analysis· No. 3601

FACT-CHECK: is China really the top threat to the West? What the doctrine says

The launch of a ballistic missile from a Chinese nuclear submarine on July 6, 2026, documented by Reuters and confirmed by several Pacific governments,…

DECODING: Japan and Australia harden their tone on China's navyAI-generated
Analysis· No. 3599

DECODING: Japan and Australia harden their tone on China's navy

On July 6, 2026, a Chinese nuclear submarine fired a ballistic missile toward international waters in the Pacific, according to the state agency Xinhua…

ANALYSIS: Chinese Deterrence Puts Itself on Display in the Pacific, and the World WorriesAI-generated
Analysis· No. 3598

ANALYSIS: Chinese Deterrence Puts Itself on Display in the Pacific, and the World Worries

On July 6, 2026, a ballistic missile fired from a Chinese nuclear submarine flew over northern Luzon, in the Philippines, before splashing down in…

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