WATCH: Improvised Ukrainian drone unit in Russia-seized Bakhmut
One of the soldiers, who goes by the call-sign "Butcher", says the unit is having to improvise to fill the gap left by lack of shells and artillery.
One of the soldiers, who goes by the call-sign "Butcher", says the unit is having to improvise to fill the gap left by lack of shells and artillery.
Fighting has intensified in the Donetsk region in recent months as Russia pushes to take more ground around Avdiivka.
Ukrainian forces recently attacked the Kushchyovskaya airfield with drones, likely trying to disrupt Russia's highly destructive glide-bomb strikes.
With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. AI marks one of the biggest advances in military aviation since the introduction of stealth in the early 1990s, and the Air Force has aggressively leaned in. It was fitting that the dogfight took place at Edwards Air Force Base, a vast desert facility where Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound and the military has incubated its most secret aerospace advances.
China has transformed its missile stockpiles and capabilities, shaping what war would look like in the Pacific, US military leaders and experts said.
Illia Ponomarenko, a renowned Ukrainian journalist, reports from the front lines of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
Top officials say the US is revising its plans as the possibility of war with these rivals climbs higher than it was even a few years ago.
BERLIN — The Russian army is gradually expanding the role of women as it seeks to balance President Vladimir Putin’s promotion of traditional family roles with the need for new recruits for the war in Ukraine. The military’s stepped-up appeal to women includes efforts to recruit female inmates in prisons, replicating on a much smaller scale a strategy that has swelled its ranks with male convicts. Recruiters in military uniforms toured Russian jails for women in the fall of 2023, offering inmate
Ukraine has been rationing ammunition and bullets; meanwhile the Russian army has been using 'human wave' tactics by sending poorly trained recruits to the frontline in a bid to force Ukraine use up all of its ammunition.
The country's military police watchdog has accused the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal (CFPM) of obstructing its independent reviews of complaints. In the agency's annual report, tabled in Parliament this week, chair of the Military Police Complaints Commission Tammy Tremblay unloaded a series of complaints. She said the panel had to go to Federal Court in some cases to force disclosure of information it needed to complete its investigations and reviews. Tremblay described the situation as unacc
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia has become the latest Latin American country to announce that it will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its military campaign in Gaza, but the repercussions for the South American nation could be broader than for other countries because of longstanding bilateral agreements over security matters. Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday described Israel’s actions in Gaza as “genocide,” and announced his government would end diplomatic relations wit
Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian armoured personnel carrier (APV) using an American Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV), a brigade operating near Avdiivka said.Footage released by the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade shows the destruction of a Russian APV.The brigade said an American-donated Bradley IFV was used in the action, as well as artillery and drones.More than 200 Bradley IFVs have been donated by the US to Ukrainian forces, according to Pentagon data,According to Ukrainian media, 20 Russian tanks were destroyed by Ukrainian forces on the day this footage was released. Credit: 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade via Storyful
The air war over Ukraine has become a cat-and-mouse game where drones must constantly evolve to survive.
The Air Force is testing AI-powered F-16 jets that are so powerful they outperform human pilots in some air-to-air combat scenarios, AP reported.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) sent a letter Friday outlining his opposition to the Biden administration’s move to incorporate Air National Guard service members into the Space Force. The Defense Department submitted a legislative proposal to the Senate Armed Services Committee in late March that would require Congress to override existing law requiring governors to…
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said her view is based, in part, on the Houthis' domestic production of weaponry and Iranian support.
Russia's defence ministry on Friday invited foreign military attaches to an exhibition in Moscow of Western armoured vehicles captured in Ukraine. (3 May 2024)
VANCOUVER — The first Arctic patrol vessel for Canada's Pacific fleet has officially been commissioned in a ceremony featuring Princess Anne, the sister of King Charles. She attended the event Friday in North Vancouver in her role as commodore-in-chief for the Canadian Fleet Pacific. The ceremony was limited to one media photographer and one video camera. The Department of National Defence said in a statement Friday that the official introduction of HMCS Max Bernays into the fleet included a "sy
(Reuters) -Ammunition and weapons missing from Colombia's army are far less than figures reported by President Gustavo Petro this week, a military report seen by Reuters showed, contradicting his assertions about the loss of Israeli-made anti-tank missiles. Petro said on Tuesday more than 1.6 million bullets were missing from two military bases in the country's Cundinamarca and La Guajira provinces, as well as thousands of explosive munitions, two Spike missiles and 37 Nimrod missiles. General Helder Giraldo, commander of Colombia's military, said an investigation has been launched to determine the correct quantity of missing ammunition, but denied any missiles had been lost.
A military court in eastern Congo on Friday sentenced eight soldiers to death for cowardice and other crimes linked to fleeing the battlefield, as the government struggles to contain violence and attacks in the mineral-rich area where many armed groups operate. In March, Congo lifted a more than 20-year moratorium on the death penalty, stating that those guilty of treason and espionage were able to get away without proper punishment. Human rights organizations criticized the decision.
The U.S. military's internal watchdog will look into allegations that an AZ Air National Guard member was targeted for disciplinary action while he was applying for medical benefits and retirement.