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A Century of Women at War, From Gun Sites to Drone Screens

Denmark now conscripts women on the same terms as men and Ukraine has more than 76,000 in uniform, while the Pentagon studies whether women hurt ground combat units.

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DefenseHub · Tuesday · Highlights · September 29, 2026

A Ukrainian soldier in camouflage kneels in a field wearing first-person-view goggles and holding a drone controller, with an assembled quadcopter on the ground in front of her.
Drone operator "Ksena" of Ukraine's 127th Heavy Mechanized Brigade, June 2026. Photo: ArmyInform, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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