Abrams tanks were 'built to kill' Russian armor, but Ukraine has its work cut out for it keeping them in the fight

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Three Abrams tanks firing.
US M1 Abrams tanks firing during the "Saber Strike" NATO military exercise in Ādaži, Latvia, in 2016.

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4 of Russia's deadliest military systems in its war against Ukraine

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A Ka-52
A Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopter.

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Russia's desperate need for weapons in Ukraine could be a big win for the North Korean military

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur region on September 13, 2023.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during their meeting at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region on September 13, 2023.

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Listen to the confusing 911 call made by a homeowner and the Marine pilot who landed in his backyard after ejecting from an F-35 stealth fighter

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A US marine checks a F-35B fighter jet during a press tour of the USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, at a South Korean naval port on March 23, 2023, in Busan, South Korea.
A US marine checks a F-35B fighter jet during a press tour of the USS Makin Island (LHD-8), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, at a South Korean naval port on March 23, 2023, in Busan, South Korea.

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Russia's battered Black Sea Fleet is having another bad day after a Ukrainian missile struck its headquarters in Crimea

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The Black Sea Fleet's headquarters in Sevastopol after a Ukrainian missile strike on Friday afternoon.
Photos and videos showed the Black Sea Fleet's headquarters up in flames after a devastating missile strike.

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Ukraine trolls Russia for losing an attack submarine to a country that hardly has a navy

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Russia's improved Kilo-class submarine
Russia's improved Kilo-class submarine "Rostov-on-Don" passes through the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 13, 2022.

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The Marine Corps' version of F-35 has a unique feature that could have played a role in the South Carolina crash

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An F-35B aircraft approaches a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft to re-fuel as it flies over the North Sea having taken off from RAF Fairford on July 1, 2016, in Gloucestershire, England.
An F-35B aircraft approaches a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft to re-fuel as it flies over the North Sea having taken off from RAF Fairford on July 1, 2016, in Gloucestershire, England.

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The pilot of an F-35 that weirdly went missing ended up parachuting into someone's backyard after ejecting

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Airmen from Joint Base Charleston speak to a family living right next to the site of a crashed F-35 about the operation to recover the fighter jet and requests for the family in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023.
Airmen from Joint Base Charleston speak to a family living right next to the site of a crashed F-35 about the operation to recover the fighter jet and requests for the family in Williamsburg County, S.C., on Monday, Sept.

Video of a cheap drone destroying an exposed T-72 hints Russian crews are still working out how to hide their tanks from a growing threat, former US general says

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A Russian Army T-72-B3 main battle tank moves through the dust during military exercises at the Kapustin Yar range in Astrakhan region, Southern Russia on September 25, 2020 during the
A Russian Army T-72B3 main battle tank during military exercises in the Astrakhan region of Southern Russia on September 25, 2020.

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A US interceptor fighter nicknamed the 'Cornfield Bomber' once miraculously landed in one piece in a farm field after its pilot bailed out

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A picture of the Convair F-106 Delta Dart
The Convair F-106 Delta Dart "Cornfield Bomber" suffered little damage when it landed in a farmer's field in Montana after its pilot ejected.

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