NATO's northernmost members are preparing for an undersea showdown with Russia

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Norway Ula-class submarine Utstein
Norwegian Ula-class submarine Utstein during a NATO exercise in the North Sea in August 2003.

US Navy

Israel's workhorse Merkava tank could soon be refilling foreign arsenals depleted by the war in Ukraine

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Israel Defense Forces IDF Merkava tank
An Israeli Merkava tank trains in the Golan Heights in March 2008.

Israel Defense Forces/Neil Cohen

Russia's scramble to find microchips for its weapons hints at struggles the US and China could face in a future war

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Components of Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles on display in Kyiv in February.

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Surprise drone attacks hint at how Ukraine is going after Russia's missile 'chokepoints'

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Russian troops with an Iskander missile at an event outside of Moscow in June 2015.

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Ukraine's special operators have been 'taking it to the Russians,' the head of US Special Operations Command says

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Ukrainian special operators train with Romanian and US Army Special Forces soldiers in Romania in May 2021.

Romanian army/Capt. Roxana Davidovits

An ominous policy change is a sign Russia is preparing for a long, bloody war in Ukraine

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Reservists drafted during the partial mobilisation attend a departure ceremony in Sevastopol, Crimea, on September 27, 2022.

Ukrainians with cellphones and machine guns are forcing Russia to change how it launches its drone attacks

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Anti-aircraft gunners with an air-defense unit of Ukraine's National Guard on a combat mission in August.

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After a 35-year break, the US Navy is building frigates again, and it has a lot of catching up to do

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Navy USS Ingraham Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate
USS Ingraham, the last Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate built for the US, returns from its last deployment in November 2014.

US Navy/MCS2 Jeffry A. Willadsen

Germany is finally focusing on defending NATO, but its military 'lacks almost everything' it needs to do it, a former German general says

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Germany Bundeswehr NH90 helicopter AN-124
A Bundeswehr NH90 helicopter is unloaded in Germany during redeployment from Afghanistan in May 2021.

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After 35 years in flight, the US military says it's done buying one of its most unique and controversial aircraft

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CMV-22B Osprey E-2D Advanced Hawkeye F/A-18
A CMV-22B Osprey leads an E-2D and F/A-18s in formation over the Bay of Bengal in October 2021.

US Navy/Ensign Mallorie Miller

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