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In Ukraine war, a race to acquire smarter, deadlier drones

Vadym's drone sits on the grass in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Never in the history of warfare have drones been used as intensively as in Ukraine, where they often play an outsized role in who lives and dies. Russians and Ukrainians alike depend heavily on unmanned aerial vehicles to pinpoint enemy positions and guide their hellish artillery strikes. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) FILE - A Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2, a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), drone capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, is transported at the Siauliai military air force base some 230 km (144 miles) east of the capital Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, July 1, 2022. (Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense via AP, File) FILE - A Ukrainian serviceman corrects artillery fire by drone at the frontline near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, July 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File) Vadym's drone flies in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Never in the history of warfare have drones been used as intensively as in Ukraine, where they often play an outsized role in who lives and dies. Russians and Ukrainians alike depend heavily on unmanned aerial vehicles to pinpoint enemy positions and guide their hellish artillery strikes. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) Oleg flies a drone while testing it on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Never in the history of warfare have drones been used as intensively as in Ukraine, where they often play an outsized role in who lives and dies. Russians and Ukrainians alike depend heavily on unmanned aerial vehicles to pinpoint enemy positions and guide their hellish artillery strikes. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) FILE - Ukrainian servicemen correcting artillery fire by drone at the frontline near Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, July 2, 2022. Never in the history of warfare have drones been used as intensively as in Ukraine, where they often play an outsized role in who lives and dies. Russians and Ukrainians alike depend heavily on unmanned aerial vehicles to pinpoint enemy positions and guide their hellish artillery strikes. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka, File)
In Ukraine war, a race to acquire smarter, deadlier drones