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Danish Navy frigate HDMS Niels Juel sails during NATO Neptune Strike 2025 exercise on September 24, 2025 in the North Sea.

Report for Monday, September 29, 2025

7:26 America/New_York Monday, September 29 [...] More

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Expert Q&A: What the US Can Learn From Ukraine’s Drone Revolution

EXPERT Q&A — In the nearly three years since Russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, drones have played an increasingly critical role. [...] More

Petraeus Praises Ukraine Innovation: 'Tomorrow's Technology for Today's Wars'

SUBSCRIBER + INTERVIEW - We say this often, but it really is a pivotal moment in Russia's war against Ukraine. While Russian troops make small gains [...] More

In Future Wars, Drone Weapons With Minds of Their Own

In Future Wars, Drone Weapons With Minds of Their Own

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE BRIEFING — Drone weapons are part of the daily narrative of the war in Ukraine – from Russia’s use of Iranian drones against [...] More

Can Drones Help Ukraine Turn the Tide of War?

Can Drones Help Ukraine Turn the Tide of War?

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - A weaponized drone sinks a Russian warship on the Black Sea. A series of drone attacks strike oil facilities inside [...] More

A New Call to Arms for Drone Technology

OPINION — The Senate Armed Services Committee has recognized the vulnerabilities of today’s unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and called on the Defense [...] More

Not Everyone Sees Soleimani's Death the Same Way

In an interview with FOX News after the drone strike that killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said [...] More

Iranian Missiles Are Key to Tehran’s Growing Influence in the Gulf

Bottom Line Up FrontThe increasing proficiency of Iran’s missile and drone technology is key to Iran’s regional influence and deterrent [...] More

Israel Steps Up Attacks on Iranian Proxies

Bottom Line Up FrontIsrael claimed responsibility for a recent airstrike in Syria last weekend, signaling that the long-simmering shadow war between [...] More

Downing of Iranian Drone Reignites Tensions between Tehran and Washington

Bottom Line Up FrontPresident Trump’s revelation that the U.S. shot down an Iranian drone on July 18 suggests that tensions in the Gulf will not [...] More

Preparing for Iran's Next Move

From The Cipher Brief's Open Source Collection newsletter, U.S. officials and Cipher Brief experts are warning U.S. businesses to remain vigilant as [...] More

The Advance of Deadly Drone Technology

Peter W. Singer is a Strategist and Senior Fellow at New America and an editor at Popular Science magazine. Singer is considered one of the world’s [...] More

The Rise of Counter-Drone Technology

The Rise of Counter-Drone Technology

Commercially available unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as drones, appear to be changing the game in regards to aviation. The market [...] More