Nuclear-powered aircraft carriers would give China's growing navy new reach, and researchers say it's working on the reactor to power one

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A satellite image shows various sites of China building a nuclear reactor for an aircraft carrier.
China built a land-based prototype nuclear reactor for a large warship, potentially an aircraft carrier.

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China just showed off its answer to America's F-35 stealth fighter — the new J-35A

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China's new J-35A fifth-generation stealth fighter jet flying in a blue sky.
The developer told state media the newly revealed J-35A has advanced stealth capabilities to obscure detection from enemy radar.

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A worsening kind of Russian warfare was on display in the US presidential election, but it's a much bigger problem

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Russian President Vladimir Putin sits in front of a microphone and holds a finger up to his mouth.
Last month, US intel said Russia, China, and Iran could engage in disinformation tactics to prompt violence and unrest after the US 2024 election at unprecedented levels.

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Why North Korea would want to go to war for Russia

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In a photo taken on September 6, 2017, Korean People's Army (KPA) soldiers attend a mass celebration in Pyongyang for scientists involved in carrying out a large nuclear missile test.
Thousands of North Korean soldiers look to be joining Russia's fight against Ukraine at a critical time on the battlefield.

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The US F-35 stealth fighter fleet has a readiness problem that 6 years and over $12 billion haven't fixed, watchdog finds

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The top of an F-35 fighter jet is seen as it flies on its side against a clear blue sky.
An official said the program must continue to invest and address all aspects of F-35 readiness.

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A US F-35 stealth fighter just landed on a destroyer Japan turned into an aircraft carrier for the first time off the California coast

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An F-35 stealth fighter jet sits on the tarmac of an aircraft carrier with a flight operator standing in the distance.
The US and Japan are working together on integrating F-35B short-takeoff/vertical landing variants on Japan's new aircraft carrier.

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These are the biggest challenges facing the US Army in the Pacific, according to a general readying for the next war

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A US Army soldier is kneeling low to the ground and talking into a radio. A wet tree branch is next to him, and a line of trees is in the background.
Soldiers recently completed a massive joint-force and multinational war game in Hawaii.

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In tropical jungles, US Army soldiers are training to own the night in a Pacific war

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Two US soldiers stand next to a gun on a hill of rocks with a grassy mountain in the background. The photo is tinted lime green and taken at night through night vision.
Nighttime operations present soldiers with a number of opportunities to gain the advantage, Maj. Gen. Evans said.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ryele Bertoch

The Ukraine war is showing US soldiers they need to be hard to find in the electromagnetic spectrum in a high-end fight

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A US Army soldier wearing camouflage aims a weapon with a scope attached towards the sky, with a brown and green grassy background.
The US Army's Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center training in Hawaii tested soldiers' capabilities in tropical war-fighting conditions.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Ryele Bertoch

Video shows one of Taiwan's F-16s tracking a Chinese J-15 fighter jet with its sniper pod during war games

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A Chinese fighter jet flies above with some decoy flares soaring behind it against a blue sky.
China's Liaoning aircraft carrier participated in Monday's massive "Joint Sword-2024B" exercise, in which China simulated military action against Taiwan.

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