The US gave Ukraine glide bombs — but they keep missing because Russia is so good at jamming them

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A GLSDB being fired in a press image dated to February 2023 and released by Saab. A plume of white smoke is tipped by a bright flame against a grey sky and jagged grey rocks by the sea.
A GLSDB being fired in a press image dated to February 2023 and released by Saab.

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A Ukrainian brigade appeared to use video-game clips to say it took down a Russian Su-25

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A screenshot of a clip posted by the 110th, which appears to be footage from a video game.
A screenshot of a clip posted by the 110th Mechanized Brigade that appears to be footage from a video game.

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F-35s are going to be a 'game-changer' for US Navy amphibious assault ship and former 'Harrier carrier' USS Bataan, senior officer says

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An F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to the
An F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to the "Vikings" of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225 lands on the flight deck aboard USS Boxer (LHD 4), Sept. 20, 2023.

U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mikal Chapman

A US Navy carrier strike group locked in a Red Sea battle has fired over 500 munitions fighting the Houthis

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An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea on April 12.
An F/A-18E Super Hornet launches from the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea on April 12.

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The B-52 shot down Vietnamese fighter jets in historic dogfights. Here's how the US Air Force plans to keep its oldest bomber in the skies for over a century.

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A B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft drop ammunitions from the sky to support ground combat operations in Vietnam.
A B-52D Stratofortress bomber aircraft drop ammunitions from the sky to support ground combat operations in Vietnam.

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China's military is surrounding Taiwan, sending its new president an unmistakable message

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A pair of Chinese warships in St. Petersburg in 2017 for a ship parade marking Russian Navy Day in Russia.

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How the US Navy's Virginia-class attack submarine gives the US an edge in global undersea superiority

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The attack submarine USS Virginia
The attack submarine USS Virginia departs Naval Submarine Base New London en route to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.

US Navy photo/Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Myers

Western fighters in Ukraine are getting killed because they assumed the war would be easy, says a US veteran who fought there

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A Ukrainian serviceman crouches over beside a firing 122m mortar
Ukrainian servicemen fire a 122mm mortar towards Russian positions at the front line, near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, in March 2024.

AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

The US is thinking about letting Ukraine use its weapons to strike Russia, even if it enrages Putin: report

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Antony Blinken shaking hands.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, in Kyiv, Ukraine, last week.

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Putin has 'both eyes' on a strategic island belonging to new NATO member Sweden, army commander says

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Two Swedish military instructors in military clothing stand with their backs to the camera, watching a pair of soldiers fire a machine gun while lying on mossy ground on a grey day, outside Visby on the Swedish island of Gotland, March 21, 2024
Swedish military instructors watch as soldiers fire a machine gun on the Baltic island of Gotland, Sweden, March 21, 2024

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