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![The World Is Just Discovering Drone Warfare. Ukraine Has Lived It for Four Years]( "The World Is Just Discovering Drone Warfare. Ukraine Has Lived It for Four Years")
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Cheap drones are reshaping modern warfare—and exposing a dangerous imbalance: they cost tens of thousands of dollars to build but millions to stop. Despite sweeping sanctions, Russia and Iran continue to build attack drones using Western technology.![Launch of an SM-3 interceptor from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) during a missile defense test. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)]( "Launch of an SM-3 interceptor from the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70) during a missile defense test. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)")
![Russian leader Vladimir Putin speaks during the annual expanded meeting of the board of Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow on March 4, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian leader Vladimir Putin speaks during the annual expanded meeting of the board of Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow on March 4, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A commercial ship is viewed anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, in the Strait of Hormuz, Dubai on March 2, 2026. (source: Getty Images)]( "A commercial ship is viewed anchored off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, in the Strait of Hormuz, Dubai on March 2, 2026. (source: Getty Images)")
![Satellite imagery confirms two C-130 Hercules transport aircraft were destroyed at the Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport in Iran, March 6th, 2026. (Source: SOAR)]( "Satellite imagery confirms two C-130 Hercules transport aircraft were destroyed at the Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport in Iran, March 6th, 2026. (Source: SOAR)")
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-ec4392556f6009a91047c2b638e6a9e7.png "Satellite imagery confirms two C-130 Hercules transport aircraft were destroyed at the Shiraz Shahid Dastgheib International Airport in Iran, March 6th, 2026. (Source: SOAR)")