A rare Navy photo revealed the location of a nuclear-missile submarine amid Iran tensions

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A US Navy ballistic missile submarine in Gibraltar.
An unnamed US ballistic-missile submarine arrived in Gibraltar on Monday amid persistent tensions with Iran.

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Ukrainian soldiers are shooting down friendly drones. Companies making them say it's the cost of a chaotic war.

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Orange smoke is lit up orange as a figure fires a gun in the air in a field at night time
Ukrainian soldiers see numerous drones on the battlefield, and it's not always clear which side they belong to.

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Marines are trying to get ready for punishing future fights, but commanders say they're stretched thin and short on time

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Marines deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Epic Fury train their marksmanship skills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli, on March 27, 2026.
Marines deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Epic Fury train their marksmanship skills aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli.

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A Ukrainian arms maker was surprised to see Russian soldiers surrender to its war robots

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A man in camouflage gear stands beside a large green robot with a weapon and in front of a big pile of dirt
Ukraine's ground robot fleet is rapidly growing and taking on more types of missions.

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The submariner-turned-top Army tech boss said the hardest thing about modernizing isn't the new tools — it's the people

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Leonel Garciga, the US Army's former chief information officer, sits in a blue suit.

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A company helping US allies counter Iran's drones in the Middle East says its tech wouldn't be where it is without Ukraine

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A man in a blue vest squats beside a large black-colored drone that is damaged and lying on a grassy ground
Experience against Russia's Shahed-style drones helped Robin Radar be ready against Iranian attacks.

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A US Navy Super Hornet knocked out a pair of Iran blockade runners by hitting the smokestacks with precision munitions

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Smoke rises from an Iranian-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman.
The aftermath of US strikes on an Iranian-flagged tanker.

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Not getting the Western weapons it wanted drove Ukraine to create the gear and tactics the West now seeks

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A man in camouflage gear and a helet launches a dark grey drone in the air under a blue sky and in a field of withered sunflowers
The West is interested in the weaponry and tactics Ukraine developed in part as a result of its shortages of other weaponry.

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Ukraine is knocking down about 9 out of every 10 Russian drones bombarding it, and the UK is taking notes

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A mobile fire group of the 208th Kherson Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade demonstrates coordinated actions and available weapons, including a heavy machine gun mounted on a turret, a man-portable air defense system (MANPADS), and small arms, in the Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, on March 30, 2026.
Ukrainian forces are intercepting 90% of Russian drones, a top UK military officer said.

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Britain thought AI-powered ‘robot fighter jets’ were years away. The Royal Air Force chief says the future is already here.

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A soldier prepares a Stormshroud drone for launch.
The Royal Air Force is fielding the StormShroud drone, designed to jam enemy radars and clear a path for fighter jets.

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