The West is preparing for cheap drone attacks, but many businesses and civilians can only watch, not stop them

With few options available, businesses and the wealthy in the West are buying drone detectors, a technology used often in ...

Shahed-killing interceptor drones may look simple, but building them to keep up with the threat isn't easy

Interceptors might look simple, but drone makers say they're deceptively sophisticated, with small tweaks sometimes making a ...
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Ukraine is leveraging its powerful – and cheap – new drone killers for air defense

A serviceman controls an FPV drone of "General Cherry" company at the polygon in Ukraine, on Dec. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The icy ground crackling under their feet, ...
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Cheap drones are reshaping modern warfare — and catching the U.S. off guard

Wladimir van Wilgenburg stands in a residential neighborhood in Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and points out incoming drones high in the sky. "The U.S. defense systems, as you can see, are ...

Iran's cheap drones are a drain on the U.S. weapons stockpile. Could lasers help fend them off?

The Iran war is testing the U.S. military's ability to combat Iran's drones in a cost-effective way. Emerging laser tech, designed to zap drones out of the sky, may help.