As the US Navy pushes to build more submarines, shipyards keep losing young workers to less demanding jobs

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A submarine sits in blue water near a coast. People stand on the submarine.
Hiring and retaining workers is one challenge, but the Navy is also concerned about the loss of institutional knowledge as workers retire.

US Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Joshua Karsten

The US Air Force is working out how to hand the A-10 Warthog's combat search-and-rescue role off to jets like the F-35

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An A-10 Thunderbolt II flies in a cloudy sky.
The Air Force has pushed the retirement of its A-10 Warthogs back to the end of the decade.

US Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Rachel Howell

With the US Army watching, defense industry operators turned a logistics drone into a flying rocket launcher

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A drone fires a rocket in the sky.
The TRV 150 fired a 70mm Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rocket during the recent test.

APKWS

Top US commander in the Middle East says he needs more bunker busters because 'everybody is going underground'

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A US Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber sits in a garage. A man stands in front of it.
GBU-57s were used during Operation Midnight Hammer to hit Iranian nuclear facilities.

US Air Force photo

US forces wargamed defending a Pacific ally from invasion with layers of firepower. Here's how the drills played out.

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A missile is fired from a truck.
Notable firsts include the use of Japan's Type-88 surface-to-ship missile system outside Japanese territory and the first launch of a Tomahawk missile from the Army's Typhon system abroad.

US Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jonathan Beauchamp

Ukraine built its first-ever guided glide bomb, 'Vyrivniuvach,' as a much cheaper homegrown alternative to US-made JDAMs

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A Ukrainian aircraft drops a bomb while flying.
Ukraine has built its first homegrown glide bomb, which is now ready for combat.

Ministry of Defense of Ukraine

The submariner-turned-top Army tech boss said the hardest thing about modernizing isn't the new tools — it's the people

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Leonel Garciga, the US Army's former chief information officer, sits in a blue suit.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Wade Costin/Defense Intelligence Agency

US Apache and Seahawk helicopters sank half a dozen Iranian small boats while clearing out threats around the Strait of Hormuz

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A US Seahawk helicopter flies above a warship in a cloudy sky.
The US has created a path through the Strait of Hormuz for safe transit, a top commander said.

US Navy photo

Ukraine says it's training drone pilots in 'Grand Theft Auto V'

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A Ukrainian drone pilot fits with goggles and a controller. A small drone flies in the sky near him.
Gamers have a lot of applicable skills for piloting drones, including hand-eye coordination and familiarity with controllers and screens.

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How Google made peace with war

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Photo collage featuring Google logo, CEO Sundar Pichai, Army Tank, and a protest sign that reads

Lea Suzuki/San Francisco Chronicle; Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times via Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

On April 27, more than 600 Google employees signed a letter urging CEO Sundar Pichai to prevent the Pentagon from using the company's AI products for classified operations.

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