Russia plotted to assassinate the CEO of a German arms firm making weapons for Ukraine as the Kremlin ramps up its covert campaign against the West

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Armin Papperger
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (R), Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (L) and Armin Papperger, the CEO of Rheinmetall (C).

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Ukraine will likely have to wait a year before it's able to launch another counteroffensive, NATO official says

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO summit in Washington, DC, in July 2024.

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Russia targeting Ukrainian airfields before F-16s arrive shows its fear of the jets, experts say

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A screen grab from an aerial video shows a fiery explosion in part of an airfield, surrounded by green land
A screen grab captured from a video shows a missile strike hit on the Dolgintsevo airfield in Ukraine's Dnepropetrovsk region on July 3, 2024.

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Japan is scrambling to explain why its naval destroyer pushed into Chinese waters where Beijing was conducting live-fire drills near Taiwan

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Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer JS Suzutsuki (DD 117) arriving in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province.
The Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer Suzutsuki, pictured here in 2019, sailed into Chinese waters on July 4 for about 20 minutes.

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Why the Iranian Navy keeps losing warships in accidents, after its Sahand frigate capsized and sank

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The Iranian naval frigate Sahand capsized Sunday in the port of Bandar Abbas.
The Iranian naval frigate Sahand capsized Sunday in the port of Bandar Abbas.

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Ukraine's navy is harassing Russian forces with 16 new armored assault boats built by Sweden

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Two CB90 fast assault crafts sail near snowy mountains during military exercises.
Deployed by naval forces around the globe, the Swedish-built CB90 fast assault boats have supported various missions and operations.

US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Danielle Serocki

See the XQ-67A combat drone's first flight as the US Air Force works to build its fleet of manned and AI-piloted aircraft

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The XQ-67A in a hangar in front of an American flag.
The XQ-67A in a hangar in front of an American flag.

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NATO is taking greater control of Western efforts to back Ukraine's fight as US politics raise questions about its reliability

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Ukrainian soldiers in dugouts firing mortar rounds.
Ukrainian soldiers are fighting on the front lines with the support of Western partners, but there are questions about the reliability of those partnerships.

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NATO allies are chasing new long-range weapons to fill a critical missile gap as the US plans deep-strike deployments

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A Tomahawk land attack missile in flight
A Tomahawk land attack missile.

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Zelenskyy says the problem with the coming F-16 fighter jets is the same one Ukraine had with the Abrams tanks

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An F-16 fighter jet flies above a white cloudy sky with a KC-135 Statotanker flying above it and waiting to refuel the jet.
An F-16 Fighting Falcon.

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Willis

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