
Ryan Pickrell
Senior Military and Defense Editor at Business Insider
Military and defense section editor @insidermildef. Send tips to [email protected].
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2 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Sinéad Baker |Henry Blodget
Ukraine's defense industry says it is prepared to produce much more weaponry than it is currently making. The problem is that the Ukrainian government can't afford the multi-billion-dollar price tag for production. But it says there's a straightforward solution. Ukraine's defense industry has boomed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with manufacturers ranging from huge outfits to small companies based in people's garages.
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2 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Chris Panella |Sinéad Baker |Henry Blodget
Ukraine's shocking drone attack on the Russian bomber fleet and other strategic aircraft shows just how vulnerable US bases and planes, especially those in the Pacific, could be to a similar kind of attack by an adversary.
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2 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Sinéad Baker |Henry Blodget
The attack drones that Ukraine used to hit Russian aircraft at a string of bases turned to AI to find and strike their targets when they lost signal, Ukraine's security service said. The Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, said in a Wednesday update on its Operation Spiderweb attack that some drones, upon losing signal, "switched to performing a mission using artificial intelligence along a pre-planned route.
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2 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Jake Epstein |Henry Blodget
Newly captured satellite imagery captures the aftermath of the wide-scale Ukrainian drone attack that targeted multiple Russian airbases on Sunday. The photos, taken on Wednesday by US commercial satellite imaging company Maxar Technologies and obtained by Business Insider, appear to show damaged and destroyed bomber aircraft at the Belaya airbase in Russia's central Irkutsk region, more than 2,500 miles from the Ukrainian border.
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2 days ago |
businessinsider.com | Ryan Pickrell |Sinéad Baker |Henry Blodget
Ukraine launched a daring attack on multiple Russian airfields on Sunday, claiming hits on 41 Russian aircraft, including certain strategic planes that aren't easily replaced. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said that its operatives positioned drones close to airfields in trucks before releasing them to target Russian aircraft in "Operation Spiderweb." Videos, including drone footage obtained by Business Insider, showed burning Russian bombers.
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