The Ukrainian military has started deploying drones retrofitted with thermite payloads, effectively transforming its lethal fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into potent "flamethrower" weapons.

Thermite, a mix of aluminum and iron oxide, burns fiercely at extremely high temperature. A new type of drone weapon is starting to make its mark in the Ukraine conflict, a munition well suited to the ...

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has released footage which it claims shows a Russian tank being destroyed by a drone which covered it with "molten thermite." The 26-second clip, attributed to ...

Video footage emerged online on Sept. 2 showing what appeared to be a drone raining down fiery, white-hot metal on unseen soldiers hidden in a treeline. The drone hovers, and slowly, methodically, ...

Ukraine has recently begun deploying drones that drop burning thermite on Russian positions. Thermite, a 130-year-old invention, has proven to be a highly destructive weapon rooted in simple chemistry ...

Wars of necessity spawn weapons innovation as each side tries to counter the other’s tactics and punch through defenses. For instance—as the Russian invasion of Ukraine has made drone warfare real, ...

Ukraine’s employment of so-called Dragon drones capable of spewing the incendiary compound thermite on Russian positions appears to be rapidly gaining momentum as more units are releasing videos of ...

In early September, the Ukrainian armed forces deployed a new kind of drone—a so-called “dragon drone” that flies low and slow over enemy trenches, spewing thermite, a lava-like metal incendiary that ...