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A $20,000-$50,000 drone against a $4 million interceptor. 57,000 launched at Ukraine. Now the engine changed — and the cost exchange is being contested back.
2026-08-29 · 13 min read
Jammers, guns, missiles, lasers, nets. Every counter-drone layer fails somewhere, and the ones that work lose the cost exchange. The honest scorecard.
2026-08-22 · 13 min read
The AC-130J Ghostrider is the most capable gunship ever fielded — and it arrived as the permissive airspace it was built for disappeared. Full analysis.
2026-08-13 · 11 min read
A 1940s autocannon is shooting down Shahed-type drones over Ukraine in 2026. Why the Bofors L/70 survived the missile age — and what 3P ammunition changed.
2026-08-13 · 12 min read
Analysis of directed energy weapons — E-HEL, DE M-SHORAD, Leonidas high-power microwave, cost per shot economics, and why HPM matters against drone swarms.
2026-08-05 · 12 min read
Defense industry guide to counter-UAS systems: layered C-UAS architecture, detection and defeat technologies, major 2026 contracts, and market forecasts.
2026-08-05 · 13 min read