War

 NY Times: Budget Drones Prove Their Value in a Billion-Dollar War A fleet of inexpensive, mostly off-the-shelf drones is helping Ukrainian forces evade and target sophisticated Russian air defense systems. By Andrew E. Kramer - Photographs By Lynsey Addario Reporting from Preobrazhenka, Ukraine

The drones have begun to make a difference in one corner of a stagnant war, soldiers, commanders and pilots said in interviews, because their different materials and variable frequencies can evade enemy jamming systems.