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A simpler time: Donald Trump with his two sons, Donald jnr (left) and Eric on reality TV show The Apprentice.

Trump sons looking to make a motza as drones rewrite the rules of war

Unmanned aircraft are dominating battlefields around the globe, and with the Pentagon ready to invest in the technology, US President Donald Trump’s eldest sons have taken a shine to drones.

  • Annie Massa and Tom Maloney

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Smoke rises from an area in the direction of Al Udeid Air Base on February 28 after a suspected Iranian drone strike.

The cost of the Iran war is not in Trump’s favour

Attack drones are cheap, but defending against them is expensive – the bill for shooting them down could become unsustainable for the US.

  • Farah Stockman
Iranian Shahed drone hits Dubai

Iran’s drones gave Russia a deadly boost in Ukraine. Now they are blitzing the Gulf

The distinctive buzz of Iranian-designed drones has become a familiar sound in Ukraine, and the same cheap-but-effective weapons are being wielded with terrifying effect across America’s regional allies.

An aircraft flies over El Paso Airport on Wednesday.

Airport closed after secret military anti-drone lasers deployed – to shoot down a party balloon

Trump administration officials quickly claimed the abrupt closure was in response to a sudden incursion of drones from Mexican drug cartels, sparking anger over the conflicting accounts.

  • Karoun Demirjian, Kate Kelly and Eric Schmitt
Boeing’s Ghost Bat is among several military drone projects in Australia.

Ghost Bat drones take flight in $1 billion bid to modernise military

The successful firing of an air-to-air missile on an aerial target in test exercises has paved the way for a major investment in the Ghost Bat program.

  • Matthew Knott
The Australian Defence Force trialling recently acquired technology at its training base in Cultana, South Australia.

‘The race is on’: Australia follows Ukraine into the drone-killing era

At a remote military site in the outback, cutting-edge drone technology pioneered in the war in Ukraine is being trialled by the Australian army.

  • Matthew Knott
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Droneshield’s shares have plunged after chief executive Oleg Vornik sold all of his shares in the company.

Crash and burn: How Australia’s $6b drone-killer lost the plot

Droneshield shares soared 1000 per cent this year as it developed a global reputation for its anti-drone technology. Its downfall has been just as spectacular.

  • Colin Kruger
Danish police patrol at Copenhagen Airport in September after a drone incursion.

How a single night of mayhem exposed dangerous gap in Europe’s defences

It took just one night for Europe to be suddenly reminded of its total exposure to airborne malice, forcing leaders to step up work on their defences.

  • David Crowe
Danish police patrol at Copenhagen Airport on Monday.

Drone chaos hits third airport in Europe as Zelensky warns of threat to humanity

A major airport in Denmark used for commercial and military flights was shut down for hours, just days after similar incidents affected other European airspaces.

  • Louise Rasmussen
Romanian fighters tracked the Russian drone as it crossed into Romanian airspace.

Romania intercepts Russian drone in second NATO airspace violation

Fighter jets that scrambled to monitor a Russian attack in Ukraine were able to track the drone as it entered Romanian airspace near Ukraine’s southern border.

  • Maciej Martewicz