An unusual announcement about a US Navy submarine packed with cruise missiles is a loud message that puts Iran on notice

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A US Navy submarine sails in the middle of a dark blue ocean with a US warship in the background.
Submarine USS Georgia in the Strait of Hormuz with the cruiser USS Philippine Sea.

US Navy courtesy photo

Now is the perfect time for Ukraine to be experimenting with ways to catch Russia by surprise, war analysts say

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A Soviet T-72 battle tank, covered in camouflage netting, is driven down a road. Two people ride on top of the tank with a blue sky background.
Ukrainian servicemen operate a Soviet-made T-72 tank in the Sumy region, near the border with Russia.

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China's air force is again being called out for 'dangerous' moves over the South China Sea, this time for popping flares in front of a US ally's aircraft

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A Chinese fighter jet flies above with some decoy flares soaring behind it against a blue sky.
A J-16 fighter jet releases decoy flares during Changchun Air Show at Changchun Dafangshen Airport in Changchun, Jilin Province of China.

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The US and some its allies just pulled off a milestone first by letting AI target enemies like it would in a war

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Ukrainian drones
DJI Matrice 300 reconnaissance drones, bought in the frame of program 'The Army of Drones' are seen during test flights in the Kyiv region prior to being sent to the front line.

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Ukraine's shock invasion of Russia shows it can pull off complex, surprise attacks even on a modern battlefield where something's usually watching

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A screen grab from a Russian Ministry of Defense video showing an aerial view of Russian forces targeting a Ukrainian military vehicle driving down a road surrounded by grass.
A screen grab from a video released by Russian Ministry of Defense shows Russian forces launching a missile attack, targeting the military equipment of Ukrainian Armed Forces at the border area near Kursk Oblast, Russia.

Russian Ministry of Defense / Handout

A 'robot dog' armed with an AI-enabled rifle for shooting down drones was tested at a US Army exercise

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A man videos a robotic four-legged unmanned ground vehicle with a mounted rifle gun standing in the grass with trees in the background.
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US forces on Guam are facing a Chinese missile threat unlike anything else and need more air defenses with deeper magazines, Army officials say

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A group of US airmen stand around a tall, long missile defense system that is pointing up towards a cloudy sky.
A US Army soldier points out the components of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or THAAD, missile defense system to airmen of the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron during a site visit to Task Force Talon in February 2024.

U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Stephen J. Collier

The war in Ukraine has 'opened Pandora's box' in Europe, and now new strike weapons are on the way, nuclear weapons expert says

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A missile is fired from a grassy beach against an overcast sky.
The firing of a US Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) during a joint exercise.

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Long-range strike weapons plans for Europe risk bringing back one of the most dangerous aspects of the Cold War, arms control experts say

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An Army Tactical Missile System is fired into the sky from the barren ground in Australia.
US soldiers launch the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) from the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS).

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Dickson

Russia has lost at least 100 of the T-90M tanks Putin praised as the 'world's best' in Ukraine, tracker data shows

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A Ukrainian soldier scavenges one of three abandoned Russian T-90M tanks.
Ukrainian soldiers scavenge an abandoned Russian T-90 tank in Kyrylivka near Kharkiv.

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