Tanks and their big guns get all the attention, but Russia's smaller cannons are wreaking havoc against Ukrainian troops

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Russia BMP-2 armored amphibious infantry fighting vehicle
A Russian BMP-2 amphibious infantry fighting vehicle fires during the International Army Games near Moscow in August 2016.

REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov

Russia's electronic warriors are switching to 'much more subtle' operations around the frontlines in Ukraine

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Russian mobile electronic-warfare system
The remains of a Russian mobile electronic-warfare system on display in Kyiv in May 2022.

Valentyna Polishchuk/TRK LUX/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

As China churns out warships, the US Navy is looking for drones and AI to help it pick up the pace at its struggling shipyards

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Navy destroyers in dry docks
US Navy destroyers in a dry dock in San Diego in May 2020.

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Tank battles in Ukraine are putting several generations of 'crappy Russian armored vehicles' and their flaws on display

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Two destroyed Russian tanks on a city road.
Destroyed Russian tanks on display in Kyiv in August.

Yevhenii Zavhorodnii/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

The US Air Force is buying a new missile as it makes plans to blast through enemy air defenses

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Air Force F-16 AGM-88 HARM
A US F-16 armed with AGM-88s, third from left and third from right, on a mission near Iraq in March 2003.

US Air Force/Staff Sgt. Cherie A. Thurlby

India is a growing defense powerhouse, and now it's looking to cash in on it

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Aero India Narendra Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of the Aero India exhibition in Bengaluru on February 13.

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Ukraine's counteroffensive raises doubts about whether the US and Western militaries are training their troops for the right kind of war

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Ukraine tank soldiers
A soldier gives instructions to a tank crew during an exercise in Ukraine on May 5.

Viktor Fridshon/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

As Ukraine and Russia burn through artillery shells, the US Army is looking for new highly precise rounds to fire from its extra-long-range cannons

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Copperhead laser-guided precision artillery munition
A Copperhead laser-guided anti-tank 155 mm round striking in a test in February 1984.

US Army

Cheap drones and expensive missiles mean there's no more 'safe rear areas' in wartime, top NATO general says

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Russian missile rocket Kramatorsk
Ukrainian personnel near a projectile in a road after Russian shelling in Kramatorsk on September 2.

Viktor Fridshon/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

As Russia's war in Ukraine drags on, Kyiv's neighbors are loading up on new high-tech military gear

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Poland army soldiers tank
Polish troops in the Armed Forces Day Parade in Warsaw on August 15.

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