In touch with the world ... at home on the High Plains

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

Attention: Due to blackouts in northern Amarillo, KJJP 105.7FM is experiencing service interruptions. For the latest in music and news, you can listen to HPPR in the player above and on the HPPR APP.

How drones are reshaping modern warfare around the globe

NPR | By Joanna Kakissis,

Emmanuel Akinwotu, Eyder Peralta

Published March 18, 2026 at 3:49 AM CDT

From global conflicts to criminal networks, drones are reshaping the nature of war and the balance of power.

Tags

Morning Edition

Joanna Kakissis

Joanna Kakissis is a foreign correspondent based in Kyiv, Ukraine, where she reports poignant stories of a conflict that has upended millions of lives, affected global energy and food supplies and pitted NATO against Russia.

See stories by Joanna Kakissis

Emmanuel Akinwotu

Emmanuel Akinwotu is an international correspondent for NPR. He joined NPR in 2022 from The Guardian, where he was West Africa correspondent.

Eyder Peralta

Eyder Peralta is NPR's East Africa correspondent based in Nairobi, Kenya.

See stories by Eyder Peralta

NPR News

Do you understand this billboard? If not, that's the whole point

Chloe Veltman

San Francisco's streets are plastered with cryptic ads from AI startups. The strategy is intentional — but it's not without cost.
NPR News

The Federal Reserve is facing tough choices as the economy faces deep uncertainty

Scott Horsley

The Federal Reserve's job is expected to hold its benchmark interest rate steady as it faces inflationary pressure from the war with Iran — and a weakening labor market.
Morning news brief

Steve Inskeep, Michel Martin

Iranians fleeing their country share rare glimpse of what life is like amid war, Trump floats idea of "taking" Cuba, the Federal Reserve is expected to hold its benchmark interest rate steady.
ICE's detention expansion meets resistance in cities across the political spectrum

Jasmine Garsd

A massive expansion of immigration detention sites is under way, with multiple warehouse style facilities being built across the country. Many communities are pushing back against these new facilities.
At least 400 dead in drug rehabilitation center strike in Kabul, Afghan officials say

Betsy Joles

Afghanistan says Pakistan is to blame for a strike on a drug rehabilitation center in Kabul that killed at least 400 people, the deadliest attack since fighting began weeks ago.