Before a secret raid on an ISIS leader's mountain cave complex, US forces ran the mission at a special recreation of the target area

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US Special Forces soldiers in Afghanistan
US Special Forces soldiers and Afghan agents from the National Interdiction Unit, board CH-47 Chinook helicopters for an operation in the Ghorak district of Helmand province, September 12, 2016.

US Army/Sgt. Connor Mendez

For the 2nd year in a row, Iran is sailing its biggest warship around the world to show off its growing navy

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The Iranian-made warship Makran takes part in an exercise in the Gulf of Oman, in this picture obtained on January 14, 2021
Iranian warship Makran in the Gulf of Oman.

Iranian Army/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

Ukrainian agent accused of spying for Putin was found with stacks of foreign cash and Russian SIM cards, officials say

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A photo of items seized from the lieutenant colonel's home include knives, a knuckle duster, and stacks of foreign cash.
A photo of items seized from the lieutenant colonel's home include knives, a knuckle duster, and stacks of foreign cash.

Security Service of Ukraine

Trump suggests providing tanks to Ukraine will lead to 'nukes' and says ending the war with Russia would be 'easy'

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President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in New York.

AP Photo/Evan Vucci

France may be the next country to send its tanks to Ukraine, but officials worry they could be 'a poisoned chalice'

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French army Leclerc tank
A Leclerc tank at a training area in Sissonne, France in November 2012.

FRANCOIS NASCIMBENI/AFP via Getty Images

Hundreds of armored vehicles are now heading to Ukraine to help fight off a looming Russian 'onslaught,' US officials say

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M1A2 Abrams tank
An M1A2 Abrams at Fort Benning in Georgia in April 2022.

US Army/Spc. Joshua Taeckens

The sister of a Russian prisoner who fought and died in Ukraine didn't even know her brother was in the war until a reporter told her

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Graves of Russian Wagner mercenary group fighters are seen in a cemetery near the village of Bakinskaya in Krasnodar region, Russia, January 22, 2023.
Graves of Russian Wagner mercenary group fighters are seen in a cemetery near the village of Bakinskaya in Krasnodar region, Russia, January 22, 2023.

Reuters

The Russia-Ukraine war helped break down 'taboos' about working in the defense sector, a recruiter says

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Eva Brückner.
Eva Brückner.

Heinrich & Coll; Getty Images / Coneyl Jay

As fighting rages in Ukraine, the US is sending drones to keep an eye on another tense corner of Europe

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MQ-9 Reaper San Clemente Island California
An MQ-9 Reaper on San Clemente Island in California on June 23. 2022.

US Air National Guard/Staff Sgt. Joseph Pagan

Ukraine is getting a new heavy-duty armored vehicle to haul its damaged tanks off the battlefield, US officials say

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M88A2 lift M60A1 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge
A US Marine guides two M88A2s as they lift an M60A1 Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge during an exercise in Virginia in March 2015.

US Marine Corps/Cpl. Alexander Mitchell

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