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![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.![A Ukrainian Bars drone-missile in the Museum of the Russian-Ukrainian War, 2025. (Source: Museum of the Russian-Ukrainian War)]( "A Ukrainian Bars drone-missile in the Museum of the Russian-Ukrainian War, 2025. (Source: Museum of the Russian-Ukrainian War)")
![Launch of the Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo missile. (Source: Fire Point)]( "Launch of the Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo missile. (Source: Fire Point)")
![A Ukrainian Buk air defense system upgraded under the FrankenSAM program, 2024. (Source: Ukrainian Air Forces)]( "A Ukrainian Buk air defense system upgraded under the FrankenSAM program, 2024. (Source: Ukrainian Air Forces)")
