#Combat Drones
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![An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015, in Indian Springs, Nevada. (Source: Getty Images)]( "An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015, in Indian Springs, Nevada. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Illustrative image. Russian R-330 Zhitel electronic warfare vehicle burning after a Ukrainian Armed Forces strike in Kharkiv region, 2022. (Source: Militarnyi)]( "Illustrative image. Russian R-330 Zhitel electronic warfare vehicle burning after a Ukrainian Armed Forces strike in Kharkiv region, 2022. (Source: Militarnyi)")
![Zhuk]( "New Ukraine’s Zhuk Kamikaze Drone Achieves 67 km Strike Despite Intense Jamming")
![Feodosia oil terminal in flames after a drone strike, October 6, 2025. (Photo: open source)]( "Feodosia oil terminal in flames after a drone strike, October 6, 2025. (Photo: open source)")
![Leonidas, a high-power microwave (HPM) system. (Source: Epirus)]( "Leonidas, a high-power microwave (HPM) system. (Source: Epirus)")
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Dubbed after the Spartan king who held the pass at Thermopylae, Leonidas is a high-power microwave (HPM) system designed to “burn out” drone electronics. Kyiv—which has invited manufacturers to prove gear in combat conditions—sees systems like Leonidas as a potential game-changer against the waves of FPV and loitering munitions that have reshaped modern battlefields.![Illustrative image. A DJI Mavic 3 drone belonging to a Ukrainian army unit starts reconnaissance of positions of Russian forces in an undisclosed location in Donbas, Ukraine, May 26, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Illustrative image. A DJI Mavic 3 drone belonging to a Ukrainian army unit starts reconnaissance of positions of Russian forces in an undisclosed location in Donbas, Ukraine, May 26, 2023. (Source: Getty Images)")
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
