With a NATO war and Ukraine's knack for shooting down planes in mind, Russia is holding back its airpower and most advanced jets

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A Russian Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter is in the air, with moving air visible around it and a blue sky in the background.
A Russian Sukhoi Su-57 jet fighter performs at an airbase in Russia's Moscow region in August 2020.

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Israel tried to kill a top Hezbollah commander in Beirut who has a $5 million US bounty on his head

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Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on July 30 in this screen grab from a video obtained by Reuters.
Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on July 30, 2024 in this screen grab from a video obtained by Reuters.

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The US just showed it can stealthily sink an 820-ft ship with a low-cost bomb, and China is scrambling to say it's not impressed

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An aerial view of the decommissioned ship USS Tarawa.
The decommissioned ship USS Tarawa.

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Wargames show the US could burn through its ammo in 'as few as 3 to 4 weeks' in a war with China, commission warns

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The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald, while participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024, fires a naval strike.
A new review from a congressionally appointed commission on national defense warned that the US not prepared for war against China or Russia, let alone both at the same time.

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How bombing Gaza to rubble created headaches and a tough fight for invading Israeli tanks and troops

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An Israeli tank operates next to destroyed buildings in southern Gaza on July 3.
An Israeli tank operates next to destroyed buildings in southern Gaza in July 2024.

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India and China joined Russia's Navy Day celebrations as Putin tries to project anti-Western group

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President Vladimir Putin stands in front of a microphone on the deck of a small boat during Russia's Navy Day celebrations on July 28, 2024, with both a modern and wooden warship visible in the water beyond him. This is a handout image.
President Vladimir Putin used some of his speech during Russia's Navy Day parade to lambast the US for plans to locate weapons in Germany.

The US and Japan struck a deal to make more missiles for Patriots, which have proved crucial in Ukraine

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A launcher of a Patriot missile system of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces
A launcher of a Patriot missile system of the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces

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Ukraine developed new shields for its US-made Bradleys, which are excelling against Russia

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A Ukrainian soldier looks out from the driver's hatch of an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle with a grey sky and bare trees behind it and mud underneath.
An M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast.

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With no traditional navy of its own, Ukraine has relied on 3 military innovations to hammer Russia's Black Sea Fleet

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Magura V5/Neptune/Sea Baby
A Magura V5 sea drone, a Neptune anti-ship missile, and a Sea Baby drone.

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Russia needs men so badly that its sign-up bonuses are reaching on par with the US military's

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Naval cadets marching during a Russian Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg.
Naval cadets marching during a Russian Navy Day parade in Saint Petersburg.

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