11 times US presidents launched military operations without Congressional approval

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Richard Nixon points to a map of Cambodia
Richard Nixon conducted a secret bombing of Cambodia without Congressional approval in 1970.

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US Navy reveals it lost a $240 million spy drone during the Iran war

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An MQ-4C Triton assigned to Uncrewed Patrol Squadron (VUP) 19 prepares to land at Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella, Italy, Jul. 2, 2024.
An MQ-4C Triton drone crashed on April 9, the US military revealed this week.

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Inside Iran's weapons arsenal

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Kurdish officials displayed the remnants of a Shahed drone (foreground) they recovered from an Iranian attack.
Kurdish officials displayed the remnants of a Shahed drone (foreground) they recovered from an Iranian attack.

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Commander says some Ukrainian Patriot crews are breaking from the norm and fighting Russian threats with fewer missiles

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A MIM-104 Patriot Surface-to-Air Missile System fires as part of a bilateral live-fire exercise with military members from the Royal Netherlands Ground-based Air Defense Command.
A Ukrainian Patriot unit is breaking from traditional air defense doctrine to save interceptors.

US Army photo by Sgt. David Rincon

Ukraine is slowing Russia down and clawing back ground in key areas, war experts say. Here's how it's finding fresh wins.

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A figure in camouflage walks with his back turned on a snowy ground towards an armored vehicle covered in a spiky cage
Ukrainian forces have slowed Russia and retaken ground in some areas.

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Ukraine said it captured a Russian position using only ground robots and drones, no infantry, for the first time

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A green robot on six wheels with a machine gun on top and shubbery around it
Ukraine's growing arsenal of ground robots is working with its aerial drones against Russia.

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Ukraine has been secretly launching rockets into space from an 'air spaceport' flying at 26,000 feet, lawmaker says

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Fedir Venislavskyi speaks with a microphone.
Fedir Venislavskyi, People's Deputy, member of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, speaks during a briefing in 2024.

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The West is preparing for cheap drone attacks, but many businesses and civilians can only watch, not stop them

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A Ukrainian man holds a Chuika detector.
The Chuika detector alerts the user to the presence of a nearby drone and sometimes shows them the UAV's video feed.

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US Navy aircraft carrier set to break record for longest deployment in modern history

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The Navy's USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier is about to break a modern record for the longest deployment of an aircraft carrier since the Vietnam War.

By Tuesday, the Ford will have been at sea for 294 days, tying the record the USS Abraham Lincoln set in 2020.

Why Ukraine's drone defense playbook may not fully translate for countries facing Iranian threats in the Middle East

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Two air defense interceptors sit on the ground in a wooded area with a khaki-gloved hand touching one of them
Ukraine has developed impressive air defense practices, but the Middle East can't copy all of them directly.

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