A US Navy warship held together with coconut logs after a Japanese torpedo strike once sailed hundreds of miles in reverse to reach safe harbor

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The USS New Orleans was hit by a torpedo and lost her entire bow during the Battle of Tassafaronga on November 1942.
The USS New Orleans was hit by a torpedo and lost her entire bow during the Battle of Tassafaronga on November 1942.

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Ukraine captured a radar during a daring oil platform assault that it's now using to track Russian warships, commandos say

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Video from one of the raids on an offshore oil platform released by Ukraine.
Video from one of the raids on an offshore oil platform released by Ukraine.

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Ukraine got the top tanks it wanted from the West, but they're not yet changing the game

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Air Force airmen assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron unload an Army M1A2 Abrams main battle tank off a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Aug. 27, 2022.
Air Force airmen assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron unload an Army M1A2 Abrams main battle tank off a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at an undisclosed location within the U.S.

PHOTOS: The adorable cats and dogs that have kept Ukrainian troops company in front-line trenches

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A cat looks down at a Ukrainian soldier resting in a trench on the front line with Russia backed separatists near Krasnogorivka village, Donetsk region on February 28, 2020.
A cat looks down at a Ukrainian soldier resting in a trench on the front line with Russia backed separatists near Krasnogorivka village, Donetsk region on February 28, 2020.

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Russia is pushing migrants to create a crisis at a NATO neighbor's border, and it's not the first time they've done it

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Migrants with bicycles are seen at the international border crossing at Salla, Finnish Lapland on November 21, 2023.

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Ukraine says it's new drone can fly 20 miles and is resistant to electronic jamming

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A picture of Ukraine's new Backfire drone.
The Backfire drone is currently being prepared for mass production, Ukraine said.

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Russia's advice to troops dealing with exploding drones is to weld cages on any vehicles they can

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Ukrainian soldiers work on the tank gun of a Leopard 1 A5 main battle tank
Ukrainian soldiers work on the tank gun of a Leopard 1 A5 main battle tank.

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Watching Ukraine burn through ammo fighting Russia has the US Army rethinking how much it really needs for when war breaks out

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Ukraine artillery soldiers troops Bakhmut
A Ukrainian artillery unit fires toward Russian positions on the outskirts of Bakhmut on December 30, 2022.

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Ukraine has begun 'in the air' training on F-16s, a key development in its fight against Russia

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A pair of US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons.
A pair of US Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons.

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Russian naval ships struck by exploding drone boats in the night sank to the bottom of the Black Sea, Ukraine says

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A screenshot from the video released by Ukraine’s military intelligence agency of the sea drone attack against two Russian Black Sea Fleet vessels.
A screenshot from the video released by Ukraine’s military intelligence agency of the sea drone attack against two Russian Black Sea Fleet vessels.

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