Allied P-8 Poseidon crew shares what it was like hunting down and torpedoing a US Navy nuclear submarine in big Pacific drills

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US Navy P-8A Poseidon flying over the Pacific Northwest
US Navy P-8A Poseidon

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With Ukraine short on battle tanks like the Abrams, US-made Bradley fighting vehicles are proving their worth

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A US-provided Bradley infantry fighting vehicle driving in deep mud surrounded by dead trees in Ukraine.
Ukrainian soldiers of 47th Mechanized Brigade drive a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in Ukraine's Donetsk region.

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The US Navy needs to find more ships it can load up with missiles amid shipbuilding delays, Congress says with eyes on China

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A graphic rendering showing a future US Navy guided-missile frigate at sea.
A graphic rendering of the future guided-missile frigate USS Lafayette (FFG 65). Work on a new class of frigate has been experiencing delays.

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Zelenskyy says the problem with the coming F-16 fighter jets is the same one Ukraine had with the Abrams tanks

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An F-16 fighter jet flies above a white cloudy sky with a KC-135 Statotanker flying above it and waiting to refuel the jet.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis

What US sub-hunter planes can learn watching advanced Russian submarines like the one that showed up near Florida

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A Black Russian submarine surfaces above blue and grey ocean water.
The Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kazan, part of the Russian naval detachment visiting Cuba, leaves Havana Harbour.

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The US says it is going to put its new long-range strike missiles, including hypersonic weapons, in Germany

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A missile is surrounded by smoke and fired from the deck of a US warship in the middle of the ocean.
Destroyer USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) fires a Tomahawk missile. The US has developed a ground-based system that can fire this weapon, as well as the SM-6. This system, among others, will be deployed to Germany in 2026.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Taylor DiMartino/Released

How airpower experts think Ukraine could pull off bursts of air superiority to get F-16s into the fight and score breakthroughs

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Four Portuguese Air Force F-16 jets fly against a white, cloudy background.
Portuguese Air Force F-16 M Fighting Falcons fly over Praça do Comercio during the military parade that opens the official ceremonies in celebration of the 50th anniversary of 1974 Carnation Revolution (Revolução dos Cravos).

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Demands in the Middle East risk leaving an aircraft carrier-sized hole in US naval power in the Western Pacific

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A US aircraft carrier sails in the Pacific Ocean with a cloudy sunset in the background.
The aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson transits the Pacific Ocean.

Navy Ensign Sarah Weinstein

Putin and Kim Jong Un are getting alarmingly close, and it's put US ally South Korea in a predicament

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, standing left, walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, standing right.

The US is upgrading its fighter fleets in Japan, boosting its Pacific airpower with the newest jets

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A US Air Force F-35A fighter jet flies across a blue key with some smoke surrounding the edges of the plane.
The US is sending F-35 stealth fighters and upgraded F-15EX strike fighters to its forward-bases n Japan.

U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Kip Sumner

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