Inside the race to cut Russia off from the global internet

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People use their smartphones while sitting on a bench at a metro station in Moscow on Feb. 12, 2026.
For now, Russia's digital tightening resembles managed escalation rather than total isolation

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2 of the US' 3 mine-hunting ships assigned to the Middle East were just seen in Asia

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Two US warships can be seen in front of the Butterworth skyline.
The USS Santa Barbara and USS Tulsa were seen in Penang.

Sherwynd Kessler

Photos show a major fire at a key UAE oil port, a day after the US struck a major Iranian depot

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Fujairah in the UAE on March 14, 2026.
Debris from an intercepted drone caused a fire near the Port of Fujairah in the UAE on Saturday.

AP Photo/Altaf Qadri

US Marines are on the hunt for a cloak they can wear to hide themselves from thermal-imaging sensors

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Marines evacuate simulated casualties during an exercise at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 5, 2025.
Marines evacuate simulated casualties during an exercise at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 5, 2025.

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tania Guerrero

The 35 countries that spend the most on their militaries, ranked by their defense budget

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In this handout provided by the U.S. Navy, The U.S. Navy's Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, including the flagship USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), left, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), front, USS Mahan (DDG 72), back, USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight F/A-18E/F Super Hornets assigned to Strike Fighter Squadrons 31, 37, 87, and 213, operates as a joint, multi-domain force with a U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress, November 13, 2025. U.S.

NATO allies are linking their defenses together to better hunt and kill drones on its eastern edge

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A man stands next to a tall radar. An uncrewed system flies in the sky past him. The beach is icy.
Digital Shield 2.0 is the second test in an ongoing exercise to strengthen air surveillance on Russia's border.

US Army photo by Maj. Alexander Watkins

NATO is stepping up its Arctic patrols. A key goal is getting eyes on Russian subs before they can disappear into deep water.

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Russian submarines sail during the annual Navy Day parade in the far eastern port city of Vladivostok, Russia, July 30, 2023.
NATO officials say there has been an uptick in Russian submarine activity in the North Atlantic in recent years.

REUTERS/Tatiana Meel

Trump says the US has 'totally obliterated' military targets on Kharg Island, the center of Iran's oil empire

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Trump decends the steps of Air Force One
Trump on Friday announced the US had launched strikes against Iran's Kharg Island

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US Navy destroyers are firing top interceptors to bring down Iranian missiles flying into NATO airspace

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A Standard Missile -3 Block IIA, or SM-3 Blk IIA, is launched from US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) off the coast of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, Hawaii, during Flight Test Other-23 or FTX-23, February 8, 2024.
The US Navy has used SM-3s on three occasions to defend Turkish airspace over the past two weeks.

US Missile Defense Agency photo

Top US general says American forces have been sinking Iranian warships, including a submarine, with the ATACMS ballistic missile

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US Army soldiers launch the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) from a HIMARS system in Australia during a training event on July 27, 2023.
US Army soldiers launch the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) from a HIMARS system in Australia during a training event on July 27, 2023.

U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Dickson

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