America's rivals are piling on the pressure all at once

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Russian anti-submarine aircraft fly during joint naval and air drills with China in September.
Russian anti-submarine aircraft fly during joint naval and air drills with China in September.

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Another US amphibious warship is out of commission as mechanical failures continue to plague the Navy's fleet

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USS Iwo Jima transits near mountains in Norway during a NATO exercise.
USS Iwo Jima, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, transits near mountains in Norway during a NATO exercise.

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Ukraine is fielding machine-gun turrets remotely controlled by the Steam Deck video game system made for playing Halo

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A Ukrainian soldier holding a remote controller while sitting in front of a laptop in a wooden shack.
Ukraine is using Steam Deck, a popular video game platform, for controlling remote guns.

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Houthi rebels say they shot down a $30M US Reaper drone, the 8th in less than a year

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An MQ-9 Reaper drone with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) awaited a mission over the U.S.-Mexico border at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, on November 4, 2022.
The Houthis claimed they shot down an MQ-9 Reaper drone, like this one pictured at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, in November 2022.

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Satellite images show damage at Russian base that stored glide bombs after Ukrainian long-range strike

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Glide bombs released by a Russian warplane on August 7.
Glide bombs released by a Russian warplane.

Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP

Ukraine's wild, fire-breathing drones aim to create terror among Russian troops, military experts say

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A still from a video attributed to Ukraine's 108th Territorial Defense Brigade in September 2024, appearing to show a drone raining a flaming substance on a Russian-held treeline.
A drone appears to rain fire on a treeline in this video attributed to Ukraine's 108th Territorial Defense Brigade.

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Ukraine's Kursk offensive shows it could win the war if the West ended its weapon restrictions, European official says

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A local volunteer looks at a building damaged by Ukrainian strikes in Kursk on August 16, 2024, following Ukraine's offensive into Russia's western Kursk region.

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Ukraine started this year on the brink of disaster. A lot has changed since.

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Three soldiers stand by a bent-over destroyed sign that says
A destroyed border checkpoint with the sign "Ukraine" and "Russia" on August 16, 2024 in Sudzha, Russia.

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The plot to topple Putin

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A group of people stand between two stone columns.
Ever since the invasion of Ukraine, a loose and sometimes fractious cohort of Russian exiles — many of them based in Warsaw — has come to believe that Russia can be liberated only through violence and sabotage.

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This is the conflict-ridden, tension-filled world that the next US president may have to face

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US Navy aircraft carriers and warships travel in lines across the blue ocean with a blue sky background.
Regardless of who wins the 2024 election, Trump or Harris will both likely face a variety of foreign policy challenges.

US Navy photo by Lt. Aaron B. Hicks

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