#Defence Tech
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![The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is seen at the outdoor Air Force and Defence Expo of the 2025 Avalon International Airshow in Avalon, Victoria, Australia, March 25, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System is seen at the outdoor Air Force and Defence Expo of the 2025 Avalon International Airshow in Avalon, Victoria, Australia, March 25, 2025. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 7, 2017, in the Mediterranean Sea. (Source: Getty Images)]( "The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter fires a Tomahawk land attack missile on April 7, 2017, in the Mediterranean Sea. (Source: Getty Images)")
![The DFNC3 Defense Tech Forum]( "Ukraine Signs Defense Agreements With Escribano, Romarm, and LeVanta Tech at DFNC3")
![Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Robert Kaliňák]( "Slovakia Pledges New Military Aid to Ukraine Focused on Engineering and Demining")
![Illustrative image. US M1A2 Abrams, Germany’s Bundeswehr Leopard 2A6, and British Challenger 2 during military drills in Latvia. (Photo: open source)]( "Illustrative image. US M1A2 Abrams, Germany’s Bundeswehr Leopard 2A6, and British Challenger 2 during military drills in Latvia. (Photo: open source)")
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With Russian T-90s just across the border, the US and UK lined up their heaviest armor this week on Estonian soil, putting Abrams and Challenger 2 tanks side by side in a choreographed show of NATO unity and deterrence.![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.
