Just 15 minutes to launch: Inside the sprint for the front-line NATO fighter pilots on scramble alert

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A McDonnell Douglas EF-18B Hornet of the Spanish Air Force flies over the Torrejon de Ardoz military base in Madrid, Spain, on October 12, 2025.
Spain deployed EF-18 fighter jets to Lithuania last month to support NATO air policing operations.

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Trump called Greenland a 'piece of ice.' To Greenlanders, it's so much more.

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Left to right: Ole Olsvig, Tupaarnaq Kleist, Casper Frank Møller.
Left to right: Ole Olsvig, Tupaarnaq Kleist, Casper Frank Møller.

Ole Olsvig, Mark Adam Miller, Raw Arctic

Ukraine is trying to find Russia's tipping point with a steep new goal for battlefield kills

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Fedorov attends a parliament plenary session in mid-January.
Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's new defense minister, has set an audacious new goal for his forces: killing 50,000 Russian troops per month.

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A new Guinness World Record shows how Ukraine's anti-Shahed interceptor drones have room to fly even faster

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A serviceman prepares an interceptor drone of
Interceptor drones, such as this one, often feature a dome-shaped head and four propellers.

AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka

Front-line NATO ally Finland says it's ready for a Russian attack. Here are the capabilities giving it confidence.

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Figures drive on tanks in snow
Finland's military was designed with threats from Russia in mind.

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Satellite images of the secretive US military base at the center of a new Trump controversy

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A satellite image showing various aircraft sitting on tarmac near runways surrounded by greenery.
Satellite imagery from 2025 shows bombers and aircraft at Diego Garcia.

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Ukraine's pay-per-kill system against Russian Shaheds helped it get 40,000 interceptor drones in a month, official says

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A Ukrainian man holds up a two-foot interceptor, which features a dome-shaped head and four propellers.
Ukrainians have been developing interceptor drones as a counter to large-scale Shahed waves.

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Ukraine burned nearly $100 million worth of missiles in a single night battling a Russian barrage, Zelenskyy says

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Ukrainian servicemen shoot down a Russian missile during an attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 20, 2026.
Ukrainian forces shoot down a Russian missile over Kyiv on Tuesday.

Gleb Garanich/REUTERS

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says defense giants are 'failing the American people' by falling behind on orders

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Donald Trump.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (left) and Donald Trump.

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Russia's new Geran-5 turbojet drone looks like Iran's Karrar UAV and is souped up with American parts, Ukraine says

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A 3D sketch of the Geran-5 can be seen on a plain background.
GUR has uploaded a model of the Geran-5 and its foreign parts. The drone's warhead is shown mounted near the aircraft's nose.

Screenshot via the Ukrainian government "War & Sanctions" website

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