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OPINION: Ukraine Strikes Ufa Twice — 1,300 km from the Front, One-Third of Russian Refineries Offline
A refinery at 1,300 km. Lubricants that armored vehicles won't have. Missiles that a Penza factory won't be able to build. This opinion piece…
INVESTIGATION: Tytan Technologies Opens a German Factory to Produce 3,000 Anti-Drone Interceptors per Month
There is something remarkably clear-eyed in this industrial logic: answer quantity with quantity, autonomy with autonomy. The war in Ukraine forced engineers to abandon…
OPEN LETTER: Ukraine, Lasers, and Interceptor Drones — The Silent Revolution in Air Defense
What Ukraine is doing with interceptor drones is not merely a tactical response to a tactical threat. It is proof that a nation fighting…
OPINION: Penza Burns — Ukraine Just Struck the Brain of Putin's Missile Arsenal
I won't hide my initial reaction: this strike felt different. Not because it's spectacular — the war in Ukraine is full of spectacular strikes.…
INVESTIGATION: The Hornet drone forces Russia to build a five-layer defense
What Ukrainian engineers accomplished with the Hornet exemplifies what the war in Ukraine has produced at its best: local solutions, adapted to real threats,…
OPEN LETTER: MOBIDIK — the Ukrainian naval drone that changes the rules of war in the Black Sea
I have a deep admiration for Ukraine's capacity to innovate under the most extreme constraints imaginable. No surface navy, no aircraft carriers, coastlines partially…
COLUMN: Zelensky cuts Belarus drone relays — the most silent of victories
What strikes me about this episode is the economy of means. Zelensky did not fire a missile. He asked a public question, set a…
INVESTIGATION: The ZIRKA — $2,000, 340 km/h, and Automatic Death for Shaheds
I am struck by this relentless equation: Russia pays a few tens of thousands of dollars for its Shaheds; Ukraine was responding with missiles…
OPEN LETTER: To the Talion Drone — Welcome to the War for Ukrainian Skies
There is something strange and poignant about writing an open letter to a drone. But what Talion represents goes beyond the machine: it is…