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Photo: A general view of the US Capitol Building at dawn, in Washington, D.C., on Friday, August 11, 2023. Credit: Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA.

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Photo: BLACK SEA, Feb 05. 2018. HMS Enterprise , SNMCMG2 Flag ship conducts Action Station while getting underway from Constanta. SNMCMG2 conducts exercises and drills at sea with Romanian Navy as part of NATO presence in the Black Sea. SNMCMG2 currently consists of flagship Royal Navy survey ship HMS Enterprise, Romanian minesweeper ROS Lt. Lupu Dinescu and Turkish minehunter TCG Akcay. Credit: CPO FRAN C. Valverde via NATO flickr https://flic.kr/p/246pt6G

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Photo: An FPV drone controlled via fibre optics is seen during a test flight. FPV Drones on Fiber Optics Tested in Ukraine: Impervious to Electronic Warfare and Flying Twice as Far. Ukraine has tested the latest FPV drones equipped with fiber optics, offering key advantages over traditional UAVs. These drones are completely immune to electronic warfare (EW) systems, remain undetectable to enemy radio reconnaissance, ensure high-quality communication over long distances, and are not affected by the radio horizon. The first batch50 drones and 10 km of fiber opticshas already been delivered to the front lines. The drones were handed over to Ukrainian forces by Petro Poroshenko, leader of the European Solidarity party. According to him, the project began in the fall of 2023, and now these advanced drones will be operated by Ukraines best specialists. Over the past three years, Poroshenkos team has been actively supporting the Ukrainian Armed Forces, investing in scientific research, manufacturing, and equipment procurement. More than 70,000 FPV drones have already been sent to the front, along with Ai-Petri strike complexes, Poseidon UAVs, vehicles, trucks, mobile laundry and shower units, grenade launchers, and much more. Now, this arsenal is being expanded with revolutionary fiber-optic drones that could change the course of the war. Credit: Mykhaylo Palinchak / SOPA Images via Reuters Connect

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