#Defence Tech
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![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)")
![Ukrainian M1A1 Abrams main battle tank with additional armor. (Source: 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade)]( "Ukrainian M1A1 Abrams main battle tank with additional armor. (Source: 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade)")
![Illustrative image. A predecessor of the Barvinok-K, a Ukrainian Kvitnyk-E05 laser-guided artillery shell. 2017. (Source: Wikimedia)]( "Illustrative image. A predecessor of the Barvinok-K, a Ukrainian Kvitnyk-E05 laser-guided artillery shell. 2017. (Source: Wikimedia)")
-aa506f86aa95fbe26b86c8f2033238ac.jpg "Illustrative image. A predecessor of the Barvinok-K, a Ukrainian Kvitnyk-E05 laser-guided artillery shell. 2017. (Source: Wikimedia)")