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![Moments before the Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo missile hit the Russian missile production site, February 21, 2026. (Source: dosye_shpiona)]( "Moments before the Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo missile hit the Russian missile production site, February 21, 2026. (Source: dosye_shpiona)")
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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)")
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