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-cb1b72de33da7ce0233a06bbd2062b29.png "Moments before the Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo missile hit the Russian missile production site, February 21, 2026. (Source: dosye_shpiona)")
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![US Air Force F-16 fighter jet, equipped with six seven-round LAU-131/A pods adapted for use with APKWS missiles. (Source: US DoD)]( "US Air Force F-16 fighter jet, equipped with six seven-round LAU-131/A pods adapted for use with APKWS missiles. (Source: US DoD)")
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Ukrainian Air Force footage has, for the first time, revealed F-16 fighters intercepting Shahed-type attack drones using inexpensive APKWS II guided rockets, a development that could dramatically lower the cost of defending against large-scale drone attacks, according to reporting highlighted by Defense Express on February 18.![Guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) fires a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) during a joint ballistic missile defense exercise (Source: Getty Images)]( "Guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) fires a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) during a joint ballistic missile defense exercise (Source: Getty Images)")
![S-400 air defense system launchers. (Photo: open source)]( "S-400 air defense system launchers. (Photo: open source)")
![Ukrainian Patriot air defense system on a combat duty, summer of 2025. (Source: Ukrainian Air Forces)]( "Ukrainian Patriot air defense system on a combat duty, summer of 2025. (Source: Ukrainian Air Forces)")
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Ukraine is intercepting Russian ballistic missiles using just one Patriot interceptor per target—a high-risk tactic driven not by doctrine, but by a critical shortage of air-defense missiles as large-scale strikes continue.![Model of Shershen multi-caliber air defense system at the World Defense Show, February 2026. (Source: Militarnyi)]( "Model of Shershen multi-caliber air defense system at the World Defense Show, February 2026. (Source: Militarnyi)")
![Elbridge A. Colby, US Under Secretary of War for Policy, John Healey, British Secretary of State for Defence, Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, Boris Pistorius, and Mark Rutte, on February 12, 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Elbridge A. Colby, US Under Secretary of War for Policy, John Healey, British Secretary of State for Defence, Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, Boris Pistorius, and Mark Rutte, on February 12, 2026, in Brussels, Belgium. (Source: Getty Images)")
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Ukraine has just secured nearly $38 billion in military aid for 2026 at the latest Ramstein meeting—here’s what’s inside.
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-c726001cdb2cf6b5fe9b00a6860ba463.jpg "Model of Shershen multi-caliber air defense system at the World Defense Show, February 2026. (Source: Militarnyi)")
