Warfare

The challenge of protecting maneuvering forces on the modern battlefield

Israel must accelerate R&D, field-testing, and procurement of compact counter-drone systems, ensuring that every maneuvering brigade is equipped with tactical protection.

 A Hermes 900 drone flies as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Palmachim Air Force Base near the city of Rishon Lezion, Israel July 5, 2023
IAI's Scorpius system

Electronic warfare is redefining modern combat across air, land, and sea

An Iranian Shahed 171 drone dropping a bomb as part of a military exercise in the Gulf, in Iran

Israel may be left unprepared for next big drone threat without action today - opinion

Palestinians carry aid supplies that entered Gaza through Israel, in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, July 27, 2025

A red line: Gaza starvation, int'l legitimacy force Israel's hand in aid policy - analysis


Spy cockroaches and AI robots: Germany plots the future of warfare

Reuters spoke to two dozen executives, investors, and policymakers to examine how Germany - Europe's largest economy - aims to play a central role in rearming the continent.

A digital illustration released by Swarm Biotactics shows what they describe as cyborg cockroaches equipped with specialized backpacks that enable real-time data collection via cameras.

What will future wars look like?

Future warfare will merge cyberattacks, psychological tactics, and AI with traditional combat, challenging how nations defend minds as well as borders.

(Illustrative) A soldier holding futuristic technology.

WATCH: US bureaucratic gloves are off: Hegseth says he has rescinded all drone production red tape

In a memorandum released to the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth announced unhindered US drone production and new implementation of drone combat in military training.

 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over an undated US Air Force handout photo of a RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft

No one should want ceasefire in Gaza until clear defeat of Hamas - opinion

The goal for Hamas has never been a two-state solution or co-existence. Its charter,still unchanged,calls for the annihilation of Israel.

Smoke rises from Gaza after an explosion, near the Israel-Gaza border, as seen from Israel, May 29, 2025.

Unmanned aerial systems: The new face of 21st century warfare

From providing real-time intelligence to helping soldiers and commanders conduct assessments of whether enemies have been eliminated, drones play a role at every level of fighting.

 THE ROBOTICON Rooster rolls, climbs, flies and can carry sensors and cameras.  It can hover or be used as a stationary observer.

West Point expert calls Hezbollah pager attack 'unprecedented' in scale

John Spencer analyzed a recent attack on Hezbollah that involved pager explosions, injuring thousands and significantly disrupting the group's operations and morale.

A personnel of American University of Beirut Medical Center  stands next to an empty stretcher, as people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded and killed when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, according to a security source, in Beirut, Lebanon September 17

Hamas releases video of slain Ori Danino saying 'People of Israel: Do not neglect us'

He addresses PM Benjamin Netanyahu and the war cabinet saying "you failed us on October 7."

 Ori Danino, as seen in the video

From the West Bank to US campuses, Iran's psychological influence is spreading - interview

Aviram Bellaishe, vice president at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, says Israel must work harder to counter Iranian psychological influence attempts

 PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS attend a protest against the killing of Palestinians in an Israeli strike at a tent camp in Khan Yunis, in the streets of Jenin.

Unintentional killings of WCK workers is tragic, but Hamas is still to blame for war - editorial

Yes, these incidents do happen in the less-than-sterile conditions of battle. They have happened to every country that has ever engaged in warfare.

A Palestinian inspects near a vehicle where employees from the World Central Kitchen (WCK), including foreigners, were killed in an Israeli airstrike

Russian plane has 'flown it's last': Ukraine downs surveillance craft - commander

The A-50 first came into use during the soviet era.

 A Russian A-50 aircraft.

IDF 'Ghost' unit uses new tech to fight Hamas in Gaza

The ‘Post’ spent an afternoon with Israel’s new elite multi-dimensional unit in Jabalya, as it neutralizes terrorist threats and works with the latest technology

 Members of the Multi-Dimensional 'Ghost' unit prepare to eliminate a threat with a tank in Jabalya.