As conflict in the Middle East intensifies, militaries are turning to a new kind of weapon — not a missile or drone, but AI.

In-demand lasers and microwave weapons kill drones by using either burning hot beams or electromagnetic force fields.

Warfare transitioned from open battlefields to urban environments. Compact carbines with shorter barrels replaced full-length rifles for maneuverability. Combat now occurs predominantly after dark.

Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine has increasingly exposed a growing shortage of modern weapons and advanced equipment in its armed forces, leaving the Kremlin ever more reliant on older Soviet-era ...