US Navy warships have the tools to fend off exploding drones like those wrecking a Russian fleet, but it's a dangerous and evolving threat

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In this photo released by the US Navy, two US Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets fly alongside amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner in the Gulf of Oman on Aug. 17, 2023.
In this photo released by the US Navy, two US Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighter jets fly alongside amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner in the Gulf of Oman on Aug.

Ukraine's Patriot kills of Russian planes and missiles have turned a US air-defense weapon with a troubled past into a hero

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German soldiers prepare a Patriot missile launching system on snowy ground and against a grey sky
Members of the German Bundeswehr prepare a Patriot missile launching system in December 2012.

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New video appears to show Ukrainians using US-supplied M1117 Armored Vehicle for first time

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US-made M1117 appears to be driven by Ukrainian troops

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High maintenance 'prima donna' F-16 jets will be hard work for Ukraine, former US Marine pilot says

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a fighter jet is surrounded by a cloud as it breaks the sound barrier
An F-16 fighter jet.

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These are the last remaining US battleships, now serving as floating museums after modern warfare made them obsolete

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The battleship USS Wisconsin fires one of its Mark 7 16-inch/50-caliber guns
The battleship USS Wisconsin fires one of its Mark 7 16-inch guns at an Iraqi shore target during 1991's Operation Desert Storm.

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An MIT professor devised a 'Fortress Ukraine' plan in 1994 that proved remarkably right about the Russian invasion

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Ukrainian troops on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle prepare for combat towards Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on March 17.
Ukrainian troops on a BWP infantry fighting vehicle prepare for combat towards Lyman in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine on March 17.

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Putin dismissed US warnings about a potential terror incident as 'blackmail' just 3 days before concert hall attack

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A Russian national guard servicemen secures an area as a massive blaze seen over the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow on March 22, 2024.
A Russian national guard servicemen secures an area as a massive blaze seen over the Crocus City Hall on the western edge of Moscow on March 22, 2024.

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Russia blew apart a neighborhood during a massive strike on Ukraine that included wildly inaccurate missiles built to sink aircraft carriers

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Rescuers are searching among the debris of houses destroyed by a massive missile strike by Russian troops in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on March 22, 2024.
Rescuers are searching among the debris of houses destroyed by a massive missile strike by Russian troops in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on March 22, 2024.

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Drones have ushered in a brutal new phase of Syria's civil war

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Syrian soldiers arrange caskets during the funeral of the victims of a drone attack targeting a Syrian military academy. The October 5 attack killed 112 people, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Syrian soldiers arrange caskets during the funeral of the victims of a drone attack targeting a Syrian military academy.

Russian missiles that Patriots have beaten before are slipping through cracks in Ukraine's defenses

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A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet equipped with a Kinzhal missile flies over Red Square during a rehearsal for a flypast, part of a military parade marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two in central Moscow on May 7, 2022.
A Russian MiG-31 fighter jet equipped with a Kinzhal missile flies over Red Square during a rehearsal for a flypast, part of a military parade marking the anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in
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