China says it picked up a submarine detector dropped by a US Navy aircraft in the South China Sea

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P-8A Poseidon dropping a device replicating a Mk-54 torpedo
The aircraft in the video released by Chinese state media looked like a US Navy P-8A Poseidon, and it was dropping what looked like a sonobuoy, which is a kind of acoustic sensor used to track submarines.

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4 NATO countries are calling for a defense line along Europe's 700-mile border with Russia and Belarus

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Latvian President (3rd from left) walks alongside a fence being built on Latvia's border with Russia
Latvian President (3rd from left) walks alongside a fence being built on Latvia's border with Russia on June 18, 2024.

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Drone-on-drone clashes in Ukraine are like WWI dogfights — and tactics are evolving fast

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The viewfinder of an FPV drone in Ukraine chases and appears to crash into a Russian Orlan-10 drone.
The viewfinder of an FPV drone in Ukraine chases and appears to crash into a Russian Orlan-10 drone.

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Houthi rebels say they've fired a new 'homemade hypersonic missile,' posting footage of its launch at a civilian ship

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Footage of the purported
Footage of the purported "Hatem-2" launch, which the Houthis called a "homemade hypersonic missile."

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Shotguns emerge as a low-tech weapon to counter commercial drones in modern warfare

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A DJI Enterprise model drone that is used as an antenna to amplify the signal of FPV drones loaded with explosives
A DJI Enterprise model drone that is used as an antenna to amplify the signal of FPV drones loaded with explosives is seen in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

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South Korea's military fires on border islands for the first time in 7 years as a North Korean missile fails and the balloon war rages on

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South Korean Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) fire rockets during a joint live firing drill between South Korea and the US at the Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, 65 kms northeast of Seoul, on April 26, 2017
A 2017 drill showing South Korean MLRS in action. Similar weapons were used in the drills conducted Wednesday, per South Korean media.

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US Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine surfaces off Norway in unusual flex as 'Doomsday' plane flies overhead

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US Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee in the Norwegian Sea on June 23, 2024.
US Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee in the Norwegian Sea on June 23, 2024.

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South by Southwest is cutting ties with the US Army and weapons makers after sponsorships fueled outrage at this year's festival

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Attendees at the SXSW conference and festival in Austin Convention Center.
Attendees at the SXSW conference and festival in Austin Convention Center.

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North Korea's Kim Jong Un could get his hands on some worrying military tech in exchange for throwing Russia a war lifeline

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This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a launching drill of the medium-and-long range strategic ballistic rocket Hwasong-12 at an undisclosed location.
This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un inspecting a launching dr

The US Navy's turning to its third carrier strike group as its warships react to Middle East conflicts with no end in sight

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The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and other warships cross the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf on Nov. 26, 2023 as part of a wider American deployment in the Middle East amid the Israel-Hamas war.
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and other warships cross the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf on Nov.
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