A new Pentagon map shows how China is beefing up what a top US general calls its 'dangerous position' in the South China Sea

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Structures on the artificial island built by China in Cuarteron Reef in the Spratly Islands, seen on October 25.

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France is already sending one armored 'oddity' to Ukraine. Now it might send a slightly odder one.

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French soldiers with AMX-10P armored vehicles at a UNIFIL base in southern Lebanon in September 2006.

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World-class ships and new supersonic jets mark the quiet rise of a new defense industry powerhouse in Asia

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South Korean K2 tanks during the live-fire drill in Gyeonggi-do on February 11, 2015.

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A German company is offering Ukraine the benefit — and burden — of being the first military to get its brand-new tank

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A Rheinmetall Panther KF51 main battle tank at the Rheinmetall plant in Lower Saxony in July.

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China is scrambling to find pilots to fly from its growing aircraft carrier fleet

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A Chinese navy officer takes photos with the public in front of a J-15 fighter jet aboard the aircraft carrier Liaoning in July 2017.

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Russia and Ukraine's deadliest battle is starting to look like Stalingrad 'without the importance,' expert says

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Soviet soldiers on the attack in Stalingrad in February 1943.

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Turkey's powerhouse drone industry is on the verge of another milestone: a stealthy unmanned fighter jet for its new aircraft carrier

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Baykar's Kizilelma drone on display in Samsun, Turkiye on August 30.

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The war in Ukraine has shown the value of tanks, but militaries are now looking to stock up on slimmed-down versions of them

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Soviet light tanks in 1936.

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The US Air Force's big plan to spread out and take on China may actually make things easier for Beijing

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US Air Force airmen perform agile combat employment training while conducting maintenance on an F-16 in Michigan in June.

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Russia's struggles in Ukraine are showing US special operators that they'll need to fight without their 'tethers' to win future wars

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Ukrainian, Romanian, and US Army Special Forces soldiers conduct close-quarters-battle training in Romania in May 2021.

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