Ukrainian soldiers have learned to send in drones before attacking trenches, military trainer says

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Ukrainian service members in a trench at a frontline in Ukraine's Donetsk region in 2023.

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China and Russia are outpacing the US and its allies in military technology development, Australian defense official warns

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Sailors conduct visit, board, search and seizure training with Royal Brunei Navy in the South China Sea

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Sometimes, all it takes to get access to top-secret info is to flirt online with a random US Air Force employee

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Ukrainian troops are crowdfunding for the construction vehicles desperately needed for new defenses

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Ukrainian soldiers of the 41st brigade stand in a trench near the frontline, outside Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, on Jan. 23, 2024.
Ukrainian soldiers of the 41st brigade stand in a trench near the frontline, outside Kupiansk, Kharkiv region, on Jan. 23, 2024.

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Russia is keeping its newest weapons out of Ukraine, likely fearing a combat loss would ruin their reputation

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Russian T-14 Armata tanks drive during the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2020.
Russian T-14 Armata tanks drive during the Victory Day Parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2020.

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A subtle shift in how China talks about Taiwan suggests it is gearing up for war

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Chinese President Xi Jinping at the fourth plenary session of the National People's Congress on March 11, 2023 in Beijing, China.

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US soldiers say running high-stress artillery ops deep in the ever-changing Arctic is unlike anywhere else

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Charlie Battery, 120th Field Artillery Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Wisconsin National Guard, responded to a simulated chemical response event at Camp Grayling, Mich. Jan. 25, 2022.
Charlie Battery, 120th Field Artillery Regiment, 32nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Wisconsin National Guard, responded to a simulated chemical response event at Camp Grayling, Mich. Jan. 25, 2022.

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Ukraine said it sank a $65 million warship that Russia planned to use for an antiaircraft missile system

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A still from footage released on Tuesday of an explosion on what Ukrainian military intelligence said was the Russian patrol ship Sergei Kotov off the coast of Crimea.

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France's Rafale fighter jet is so popular its manufacturer can't keep up

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The French multirole fighter Rafale F3R Marine lands on the tarmac of the Lann-Bihoue French Navy airbase in western France on January 12.
The French multirole fighter Rafale F3R Marine lands on the tarmac of the Lann-Bihoue French Navy airbase in western France on January 12.

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Most Ukrainians say Western support is critical to success in their fight, but confidence they'll get it has hit a new low

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A woman wearing a headscarf and a green knitted top looks to the sky with a pained expression in front of a destroyed house
Valentyna reacts in front of a house next to hers that was destroyed by a missile in Lyman, Donetsk region in Ukraine, in April 2022.

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