Russia has been hiring 20,000 Cuban mercenaries to fight against Ukraine, Kyiv's military intelligence says

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People with Russian flags look at the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kazan arriving in Havana in 2024.
People with Russian flags look at the Russian nuclear-powered submarine Kazan arriving in Havana in 2024.

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How mercenaries actually work, according to a special forces veteran

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Barrie Rice is a former commando with the New Zealand Special Air Service. For the past 30 years, he's been a mercenary and personal bodyguard all over the world.

Trump says that the US wants an abandoned airbase in Afghanistan back because of China's nukes

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An Afghan National Army helicopter takes off inside Bagram Air Base following the departure of US forces
An Afghan National Army helicopter takes off inside Bagram Air Base following the departure of US forces

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Ukraine slammed more long-range drones into Russian oil, taking aim at its most valuable industry

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LUKOILS REFINERY, VOLGOGRAD, RUSSIA -- AUGUST 26, 2025: Maxar satellite imagery shows a burned out portion of the Lukoils Volgorad refinery complex following a Ukrainian drone strike. Please use: Satellite image (c) 2025 Maxar Technologies.
Satellite imagery shows the aftermath of a Ukrainian strike on an oil refinery in Russia's Volgograd region.

Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies

Ukraine is starting to move weapons production into NATO, where Russia's missiles can't reach it without risking all-out war

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A worker assembles mortar shells at a factory in Ukraine.
A worker assembles mortar shells at a factory in Ukraine.

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Russia's jet-powered Shaheds are a looming new threat, but Ukraine says it already has drones that can counter them

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Remain of Shahed 136 at an exhibition showing remains of missiles and drones that Russia used to attack Kyiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 12, 2023.
Some European countries want to shoot down Russian drones like the Shahed drone pictured in Kyiv, Ukraine, in May 2023.

Oleksii Samsonov /Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images

High costs and long waits for popular US-made Patriots just drove a NATO ally to pick a European rival

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A Patriot launcher firing an interceptor in a field.
A Patriot launcher fires an interceptor missile during an exercise in New Mexico.

US Army photo by Sgt. David Rincon

The US military wants to get better at spotting this dangerous muscle breakdown before it puts troops in the hospital

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Marines perform pull-ups during a Memorial Day workout at Camp Pendleton, California, May 27, 2025.
US Marines perform pull-ups during a Memorial Day workout at Camp Pendleton, California, May 27, 2025.

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The US fired $500 million in top interceptors defending Israel from missile attacks, new documents show

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A missile being launched, producing fire and smoke.
A THAAD interceptor is launched from the Reagan Test Site at Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands in August 2019.

Missile Defense Agency

Machine gunners going head-to-head with Russian drones are getting new interceptors for the hard-to-reach threats

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Soldiers of a mobile anti-aircraft brigade prepare a 12.7mm calibre heavy machine gun near a training field in the Khmelnytsky region, on July 8, 2024.
Russia's Shahed drones are increasingly becoming a headache for Ukraine's mobile air defense units.

Photo by FLORENT VERGNES/AFP via Getty Images

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