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![The only official USAF photograph of an RQ-170 at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on an unspecified date. (Source: Wikimedia)]( "The only official USAF photograph of an RQ-170 at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on an unspecified date. (Source: Wikimedia)")
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One of the US military’s most secretive surveillance aircraft—the stealthy RQ-170 Sentinel—appears to have been quietly deployed to support the high-risk operation that led to the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, according to reporting by The War Zone on January 3.![Swedish Air Force JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets with Saab 340 AEW&C aircraft in the air, circa 2008. (Source: SAAB)]( "Swedish Air Force JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets with Saab 340 AEW&C aircraft in the air, circa 2008. (Source: SAAB)")
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Ukraine could enter 2026 with its most dramatic military upgrade yet—combining Western fighter jets, airborne early warning aircraft, next-generation European air defense systems, and a new generation of Ukrainian-made ballistic and cruise missiles.![Vadym Skibitskyi, Deputy Chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence (L) service, unveils the monument to the “Baba Yaga” drone, December 23, 2025. (Source: HUR)]( "Vadym Skibitskyi, Deputy Chief of Ukraine’s military intelligence (L) service, unveils the monument to the “Baba Yaga” drone, December 23, 2025. (Source: HUR)")
![Ukrainian servicemen of the “Achilles” Battalion from the 92nd Brigade of the Ukrainian Army prepare to run test flights with a Vampire hexacopter drone ahead of missions, in the eastern Donetsk region on April 30, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukrainian servicemen of the “Achilles” Battalion from the 92nd Brigade of the Ukrainian Army prepare to run test flights with a Vampire hexacopter drone ahead of missions, in the eastern Donetsk region on April 30, 2024. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A Ukrainian Droid NW 40 robotic combat system, armed with a Mk 19 grenade launcher. (Source: DevDroid)]( "A Ukrainian Droid NW 40 robotic combat system, armed with a Mk 19 grenade launcher. (Source: DevDroid)")
![VIRTUS loitering munition equipped with the LION STRIKE 110 warhead during tests, December 2025. (Source: STARK)]( "VIRTUS loitering munition equipped with the LION STRIKE 110 warhead during tests, December 2025. (Source: STARK)")
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A new European loitering munition with new extreme armor-penetration capability has passed its first live-fire test in Germany—just as Ukraine is already using the system in combat and NATO accelerates plans to mass-produce thousands of such drones.
