2 Navy SEALs lost at sea were helping seize Iranian warheads being sent to the Houthis, US says

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Dhow carrying Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen's Houthi in the Arabian Sea
A photo of the dhow carrying Iranian-made missile components bound for Yemen's Houthi in the Arabian Sea seen by the US Central Command on January 10, 2024.

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Leaked German military documents laid out a doomsday scenario where Russia wins in Ukraine then invades Europe

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NSTO in Lithuania
A NATO deployment in Eastern Europe on February 5, 2022, a few weeks before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Russia will defeat Ukraine if the West abandons it, a former NATO commander says

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Former NATO commander Philip Breedlove (left) and a Ukrainian soldier (right).
"If the West abandons Ukraine, it will fight valiantly, but tens of thousands of more Ukrainians will die," former NATO commander Philip Breedlove told Newsweek.

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The 2 Navy SEALS lost at sea were conducting an operation to find smuggled Iranian weapons: report

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An SH-60R Seahawk, embarked aboard a U.S. Navy ship, hovers overhead, during visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) operations in the Arabian Sea.
A US Navy helicopter conducts visit, board, search, and seizure operations in the Arabian Sea.

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Houthi rebels continue to throw missiles at commercial ships despite intense US and UK strikes designed to weaken them

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An RAF Typhoon aircraft takes off to join the U.S.-led coalition from RAF Akrotiri to conduct air strikes against military targets in Yemen.
An RAF Typhoon aircraft takes off to join the U.S.-led coalition from RAF Akrotiri to conduct air strikes against military targets in Yemen.

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin released from hospital 2 weeks after complications from cancer treatment

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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin testifying at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 31, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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A Ukrainian floating drone that is devastating Russia's Black Sea fleet can now fire missiles

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A Ukrainian surface drone called
A Ukrainian surface drone called "Sea Baby."

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Could the lost Navy SEALs still be alive? It's unlikely, but their world-class training gives them a shot.

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SEAL candidates in training at the Naval Special Warfare (NSW)
SEAL candidates in "surf immersion" training at the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Center in Coronado, California, on May 4, 2020.

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Ukraine says it hit 2 prized Russian command aircraft in just one day

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A Beriev A-50 early warning and control aircraft flies over the Kremlin and Red Square in downtown Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, May 9, 2020.
A Beriev A-50 flies over Moscow to mark the 75th anniversary of the victory over Germany in World War II, May 9, 2020.

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Ukraine hit a turning point in its electronic-warfare capabilities, using them to take out 20 Russian missiles: ISW

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Russian missile
This image taken on November 14, 2022 shows an unexploded Uragan missile (at the foreground) and a man running away from another Russian Uragan missile explosion in the Kherson region.

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