Aircraft carriers aren't the Russian navy's only problem. It has also struggled for decades to build jets for them.

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Russia aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in a shipyard in Murmansk in May 2022.

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Russia and Ukraine are building up huge armies, but they both have the same problem with using them in battle

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Russia Putin Shoigu Gerasimov military headquarters
President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, left, and Army chief of staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov at a military headquarters in Rostov-on-Don on November 9.

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US commandos showed off their little-known underwater skills in Army Special Operations Commands' best combat diver competition

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Army Special Operations combat diver
A competitor descends into the water during the US Army Special Operations Command Best Dive Team Competition in Key West on September 26.

US Army/K. Kassens

The British navy's newest aircraft carrier teamed up with US pilots to launch F-35 jets in 'beast mode' for the first time

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F-35B prepares to launch from HMS Prince of Wales
A loaded F-35B prepares to launch from HMS Prince of Wales.

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Ukraine's successful ATACMS strike shows Russia's willingness to 'take it on the chin' when Kyiv gets new weapons

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Screenshot of General Valerii Zaluzhnyi's footage of an ATACMS launch on Tuesday.
A screenshot from footage of an ATACMS launch released by the Ukrainian military.

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The US Army needs tanks to win a war in the Pacific, but it knows the Abrams isn't the right tank for the job

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M1A2 Abrams tank fires gun cannon
A US Army M1A2 Abrams tank at Fort Stewart in Georgia in December 2016.

US Army/Staff Sgt. Antonio Vincent

Yemen's Houthi rebels are using the Israel-Hamas war to show off their growing arsenal, and US warships are in the crossfire

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Navy destroyer USS Carney the Suez Canal
US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Carney in the Suez Canal on October 18.

US Navy/MCS2 Aaron Lau

Ukraine has taken 17,000 Russians off the battlefield without firing a shot, US Army special-ops general says

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Russian soldiers Vostok
Russian soldiers during the Vostok military exercise at a training area south of Vladivostok in September 2018.

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For 250 years, US troops could tow their cannons around the battlefield. The war in Ukraine shows they won't have that luxury in the future.

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Army soldiers M777 howitzer artillery
US soldiers move an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer at a training area in Germany in March 2013.

US Army/Gertrud Zach

After watching Russia's and Ukraine's electronic warriors battle it out, the US military wants to 'dial up' up its own 'jamming power'

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EC-37B Compass Call electronic warfare
An EC-37B Compass Call at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona in August 2022.

US Air Force/Airman 1st Class Vaughn Weber

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