Exploding drone boats aren't hard to beat, but Russia's weak defenses are letting Ukraine blow up its ships

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A picture of Ukrainian drone boats sitting on a grass field.
Ukraine has prioritized the development and deployment of a naval fleet of drones.

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Ukraine doesn't have much of a navy, but it's found a way to hunt down the 'weakest links' in Russia's critical sea supply lanes, UK intel says

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Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023.
Russia's Black Sea Fleet warships take part in the Navy Day celebrations in the port city of Novorossiysk on July 30, 2023.

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Exiled Wagner mercenaries are training Belarusian troops in what may signal Putin's puppet next door is cutting some of the strings

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In this photo released by Belarus' Defense Ministry on Thursday, July 20, 2023, Belarusian soldiers of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) attend the weeklong maneuvers with mercenary fighter from Wagner private military company, that will be conducted at a firing range near the border city of Brest, Belarus.
In this photo released by Belarus' Defense Ministry on Thursday, July 20, 2023, Belarusian soldiers of the Special Operations Forces (SOF) atte

Ukraine's offensive has a problem: Russia knew what was coming and was given way too much time to figure out how to beat it

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Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery on Russian positions on the frontline in the city of Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on July 27, 2023, amid Russia-Ukraine war.
Russia's extensive defenses have largely paralyzed Ukraine's momentum in recent weeks.

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Video shows a Ukrainian drone slam into a Russian thermobaric rocket launcher, triggering a massive explosion

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A Russian Army TOS-1A multiple rocket launcher and thermobaric weapon mounted on a T-72 tank.
A Russian Army TOS-1A multiple rocket launcher and thermobaric weapon mounted on a T-72 tank.

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What is a UAP? What the acronym means, why they're different from UFOs, and what a Congressional hearing revealed

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A member of the audience wears a pin that says
Unidentified aerial phenomena and unidentified flying objects have some similarities, but the terms describe different sightings.

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Kim Jong Un showed Russia his arsenal of nuclear weapons, the newest of which is among North Korea's most dangerous missiles

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In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, with Russian delegation led by its Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visits an arms exhibition in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, July 26, 2023, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War.
The Hwasong-18, the middle missile pictured here, is a solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile, which

The US military once detonated a nuclear bomb directly above the heads of 5 officers

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US military Private First Class Jack Wilson (left, fore) and Sergeant Glenn Poth (right, fore) look at the smoke plume of a nuclear detonation as part of Operation Tumbler-Snapper at the Nevada Proving Grounds, Nevada, early to mid 1952.
The five men weren't required — — to stand under the explosion, which, unlike the one pictured here, would have been in the air, about three miles up.

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Photo captures Ukrainian troops using grunt robots to plant deadly anti-personnel mines

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unexploded munitions and other explosive devices as members of a demining team of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine clear mines off a field not far from the town of Brovary, northeast of Kyiv, on April 21, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Unexploded munitions and other explosive devices collected by members of a Ukrainian demining team.

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Long after Oppenheimer, the US is still paying benefits to people who were exposed to radiation from nuclear tests

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A billowing white mushroom cloud, mottled with orange, pushes through a layer of clouds during Operation Ivy, the first test of a hydrogen bomb, at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
A mushroom cloud produced by the first test of a hydrogen bomb during Operation Ivy at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

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