China picks its lowest-scoring officers to command nuclear submarines

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A Great Wall 236 submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy, billed by Chinese state media as a new type of conventional submarine, participates in a naval parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of China's PLA Navy in the sea near Qingdao in eastern China's Shandong province, Tuesday, April 23, 2019.
Future submarine commanders come from candidates who have low college entry exam scores.

The US Army's ability to maneuver rapidly on the battlefield may be over

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U.S. Army Soldiers from 25th Infantry Division repel from a UH-60 Black Hawk on March 7, 2024.
U.S. Army Soldiers from 25th Infantry Division repel from a UH-60 Black Hawk on March 7, 2024.

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Ukraine must win back the battlefield initiative to have a chance to stop Russia

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Troops with Ukraine's Da Vinci Wolves battalion train for assaults on April 8.
Troops with Ukraine's Da Vinci Wolves battalion train for assaults on April 8.

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The US Army isn't ready to attack across rivers

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Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) execute a wet gap crossing with the 502nd Multi-Role Bridge Company, 19th Engineering Battalion on Fort Knox on April 28, 2022.
Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) execute a wet gap crossing with the 502nd Multi-Role Bridge Company, 19th Engineering Battalion on Fort Knox on April 28, 2022.

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Take a look at the workhorse C-130 cargo plane that the US Air Force is reinventing to fight like a bomber

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The MC 130J Commando aircraft rolls onto the flight line
The MC 130J Commando aircraft rolls onto the flight line during an arrival ceremony in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

US Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Diana Snyder

Ukraine isn't the only country Russia is trying to topple

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia's state-sponsored mercenaries are expanding efforts to destabilize Africa and the Middle East.

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'Drone hunting drones' are already impacting Middle East conflicts

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Iranian officials show Russia's minister of defense new weapons including a 538 loitering missile on a September 2023 visit to Tehran.
Iranian officials show Russia's minister of defense new weapons including a 538 loitering missile on a September 2023 visit to Tehran.

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Shifting focus to threats from China and Russia starts with people, not tech, US special operations leaders say

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Members of U.S. Naval Special Warfare Task Unit Europe (NSWTU-E) reload their Colt Mk 18 Carbines during shooting drills at a range in Cyprus, September 29, 2021.
Members of U.S. Naval Special Warfare Task Unit Europe (NSWTU-E) reload their Colt Mk 18 Carbines during shooting drills at a range in Cyprus, September 29, 2021.

U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Patrik Orcutt

What the US Army should learn from Ukraine's hasty retreat from a Russian assault

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Ukrainian soldiers are seen on top of an armored personnel carrier on March 4 as they return from the Semenivka battlefield near Avdiivka.
Ukrainian soldiers are seen on top of an armored personnel carrier on March 4 as they return from the Semenivka battlefield near Avdiivka.

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An MIT professor devised a 'Fortress Ukraine' plan in 1994 that proved remarkably right about the Russian invasion

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Ukrainian troops on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle prepare for combat towards Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on March 17.
Ukrainian troops on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle prepare for combat towards Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on March 17.

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