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  1. Ukraine turned Shahed defense into an export industry. Russia's jet drones will test it. Drone-on-drone interceptors now down most of Russia's Shaheds for about $2,500 each, cheap enough that the US, NATO, and Gulf states want to import the capability. Russia is scaling a 500 km/h jet drone built to beat them. Ukraine · Russia · air defense
  2. Shield AI's V-BAT crashed more than 50 times as it scaled its $13B autonomy bet A Reuters investigation ties the combat-proven drone now sold to Ukraine, Greece and the US Coast Guard to a run of crashes, a severed-fingers injury, and a whistleblower who says the company buried the failures. USA · Autonomy · Shield AI
  3. Ukraine fields an AI gun turret to down jam-proof fiber-optic drones Ukraine's military has fielded an AI-controlled turret in more than ten units to shoot down the fiber-optic drones that electronic warfare cannot jam, the Defense Ministry says. Ukraine · air defense · Brave1
  4. AeroVironment wins a $117 million Army order for 82 runway-free P550 scout drones The Army is buying 82 runway-free reconnaissance drones for its battalions and wants them delivered within seven weeks, from the maker of the Switchblade munitions sent to Ukraine. USA · drones · aerovironment
  5. Ukraine says it put occupied Donetsk Airport under drone fire control, wrecking a Russian Shahed launch base Ukraine's drone forces say they have wrecked Shahed launchers and logistics at the occupied airfield, hitting Russia's drone campaign at the launch site instead of in flight. Ukraine · drones · Donetsk Airport
  6. A sea drone detonates inside Constanta, and Black Sea drone warfare reaches a NATO port A maritime drone of the type Ukraine uses against Russia's Black Sea Fleet blew up inside Romania's largest port during inspection, no casualties, pulling NATO soil into the Black Sea drone war. Europe · Ukraine · Naval
  7. Fire Point tests FP-7.X, Ukraine's bid for a sub-$1M Patriot alternative Ukraine's largest missile maker flew a prototype interceptor it says could stop ballistic missiles for under $1 million each, against a PAC-3 that runs $5.3 million, if it works by 2027. Ukraine · air defense · Fire Point
  8. House clears $8 billion Ukraine arms-financing bill over Trump's objection A bipartisan House forced through $8 billion in military loans and USAI funding to 2027, but the package still has to clear a Republican Senate and an opposed White House before it buys a single interceptor. Ukraine · USA · Funding
  9. QLU-11Pro China's semi-automatic precision grenade launcher, fielded in 35mm for the PLA and 40mm for export — delivering airburst rounds through a window at 600 m. China · Land · grenade-launcher
  10. QLZ-87Pro China's first indigenous automatic grenade launcher — a gas-operated 35mm weapon that delivers squad-level suppressive fire and has proliferated across conflict zones from Sudan to Iraqi Kurdistan. China · Land · automatic-grenade-launcher
  11. QLG-10Pro China’s standard under-barrel grenade launcher — a muzzle-loaded single-shot 35×32mm caseless system that arms the QBZ-95-1 and QBZ-191 rifle families with HE-frag, airburst and dual-purpose grenade effects. China · Land · grenade-launcher
  12. Type 86PPro China's Type 86P fragmentation hand grenade — an ovoid plastic-bodied design packing ~1,600 steel balls that replaced the stick-grenade lineage and remains the PLA's standard-issue close-combat frag. China · Land · grenade
  13. AGS-30Pro The AGS-30 "Atlant" is Russia's lightweight, crew-served automatic grenade launcher, a 30×29mm belt-fed successor to the AGS-17 that weighs only 16 kg on its tripod and sustains ~400 rpm for mobile infantry fire support. Russia · Land · agl
  14. AGS-17Pro The AGS-17 "Plamya" is a Soviet-designed, tripod-mounted 30×29mm automatic grenade launcher in service since 1971, delivering indirect suppressive fire to 1,700 m and widely proliferated across Soviet-legacy and export armies. Russia · Land · automatic-grenade-launcher
  15. GP-25Pro The GP-25 “Kostyor” is a 40mm caseless under-barrel grenade launcher for AK-pattern rifles — fielded in 1978 and a fixture of Russian infantry squads from Afghanistan to Ukraine. Russia · Land · under-barrel-grenade-launcher
  16. F-1 GrenadePro The iconic Soviet-era defensive fragmentation hand grenade, known as the Limonka, in continuous combat service since the late 1930s. Russia · Land · grenade
  17. RGD-5Pro The standard Soviet/Warsaw Pact offensive fragmentation hand grenade since 1954 — a lightweight, smooth-bodied anti-personnel weapon built for close combat, in continuous service from Afghanistan to Ukraine. Russia · Land · hand-grenade
  18. M32 MGLPro The M32 MGL is a six-shot revolver grenade launcher in 40×46 mm, fielded by the US Marine Corps and SOCOM, offering rapid semi-automatic fire of up to six rounds in under three seconds. USA · Land · grenade-launcher
  19. Mk 19Pro The standard U.S. belt-fed 40 mm automatic grenade launcher — a crew-served, blowback weapon that delivers high-velocity grenade fire against personnel and light armor out to 2,200 m, and has served in every major U.S. deployment since the Gulf War. USA · Land · grenade-launcher
  20. M320Pro The M320 is a single-shot 40×46mm low-velocity grenade launcher that mounts under a service rifle or operates as a standalone weapon with a collapsible stock, adopted by the U.S. Army in 2009 to replace the M203. USA · Land · grenade-launcher
  21. M203Pro The iconic US under-barrel 40mm grenade launcher — a single-shot, slide-forward pump-action launcher that equips M16 and M4 rifles with high-explosive, HEDP and specialty rounds, the standard squad-level grenade system for 30+ years. USA · Land · grenade-launcher
  22. M67 GrenadePro The M67 fragmentation grenade is the standard US defensive hand grenade since 1961 — a spherical, Composition B-filled weapon with a 5-meter lethal radius, used in every major American conflict from Vietnam to the present. USA · Land · fragmentation
  23. QJY-88Pro The QJY-88 is the People's Liberation Army's 5.8mm general-purpose machine gun, chambered for China's indigenous intermediate cartridge and intended to replace older 7.62mm GPMGs — a lightweight design that drew criticism for its limited range and penetration. China · Land · machine-gun
  24. Glock 17Pro Austria's polymer-frame, striker-fired service pistol — the ubiquitous 9×19mm sidearm of NATO militaries and law enforcement worldwide, in continuous production since 1982. Europe · Land · pistol
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