Ukraine is stepping up its drone war against Russia, and now it's Moscow turn to reassemble decades-old air-defense weapons

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Moscow Russia skyscraper drone attack
Investigators examine a damaged skyscraper in Moscow's business district after a reported drone attack on July 30.

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Saudi Arabia wants to buy its way into a major 6th-gen fighter jet project, but not all its potential partners are welcoming

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British RAF Tempest fighter jet
An illustration of the future Tempest sixth-generation fighter jet, released in December 2020.

British Royal Air Force

The war in Ukraine is pushing Russia away from its WWII-style artillery strategy, and experts say it's 'a concerning trend'

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Russian artillery
Russian troops fire an artillery piece during exercises in the Rostov Region in April 2020.

REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov

The US and Chinese air forces are rethinking whether it's possible to control the air

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Destroyed Ukrainian fighter jet wreckage in Kherson
The wreckage of a Ukrainian fighter jet in a field in Kherson in January.

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South Korea is working on an 'arsenal ship' in case it has to shower North Korea with missiles

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South Korean navy missile
A South Korean frigate fires a missile during a drill to counter a North Korean ICBM test in July 2017.

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Huge purchases of tanks and helicopters suggest Poland is borrowing a battlefield idea from the US Army

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Poland Mariusz Blaszczak Abrams tank
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak at a ceremony for the delivery of 14 US-made Abrams tanks in Szczecin on June 28.

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The US is making 'irreversible' progress with a former Russian partner in a tense corner of Europe, but not everyone in NATO will be happy

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US Army CH-47 helicopter Cyprus
A US Army CH-47 helicopter over Cyprus in January 2020.

US Army/Maj. Robert Fellingham

A massive Iranian missile attack on a US base offered a glimpse of the long-lasting injuries US troops will face in a war with Russia or China

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Aerial file photo taken from a helicopter shows Ain al-Asad air base in the western Anbar desert, Iraq
Al Asad Airbase in Iraq's western Anbar desert.

AP Photo/Nasser Nasser

A possible future mission for the US's secretive Phoenix Ghost and Switchblade drones? Hunting Russian nukes

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Marine launches Switchblade drone
A US Marine launches a Switchblade drone during an exercise at Camp Pendleton in California in September 2020.

US Marine Corps/Cpl. Jennessa Davey

Amid fierce, bloody fighting in Ukraine, the US and China are training for new ways to get wounded troops away from the frontline

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US Army nurse medic ambulance C-47
US Army nurses and medics remove a bandaged soldier from a C-47 transport plane to an ambulance during a rehearsal for D-Day.

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