Author Mark Bowden writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: Though unmanned, remote-controlled drones had been used in times of war since World War II, they were revolutionized in 1995. The Gnat, developed by the San Diego defense contractor General ...

On today’s battlefields, drones are undeniably lethal. They kill with precision, shape movement across the battlespace, and impose a constant psychological presence. Their hum has become synonymous with modern combat, and combat footage from Ukraine ...

In recent months, Russia has frequently flown drones into NATO territory, where NATO countries typically try to shoot them down. By contrast, when three Russian fighter jets made an incursion into Estonian airspace in September, they were intercepted and ...

The Rev. Mitchell Bechtold is using aerial photography to document all 131 churches in the 16-county St. Cloud Diocese.

Taiwan builds a drone industry free of Chinese components, exporting over 123,000 units in 2025 to countries including Czech Republic and Poland.

In war truth is the first casualty except for the US war on Iran on February 28, when the first casualties were primary school girls killed in their classrooms in southern Iran.The Italian prime minister called for a firm condemnation of “the massacre of girls” and responsibility for killing 160 people,