Air superiority and long-range strikes: what China's war games say about how it might assault Taiwan

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A screen showing soldiers running is seen against a building in a city.
China's large military exercise around Taiwan comes after tensions with Japan and a major US arms sale.

Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

After hammering Russian ships on the open ocean, Ukraine's drone boats appear to be taking the fight into new waters

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The front of a dark-grey drone in a channel of water with golden foliage on both sides
Ukraine has a growing fleet of river drones to hunt more Russian targets.

40th Separate Coastal Defense Brigade

Israeli innovation is under threat as tech employees seek relocation abroad: report

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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv skyline.

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Robots are evacuating soldiers in Ukraine. A US veteran said they're best when they're cheap.

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A man in camouflage gear stands watching a robot with a man lying on top pulling another man along the ground in a field
Robots have started evacuating some wounded soldiers in Ukraine, and the West is watching the technology.

AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko

China is going after US defense firms and execs over weapons sales to Taiwan — and Palmer Luckey's on the list

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Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey, founder of defense tech firm Anduril Industries.

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Here are the most powerful news photos of the year

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The USS Gerald R. Ford.
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA - JUNE 24: U.S. Navy sailors stand along the deck as they prepare for the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to depart from the Naval Station Norfolk on June 24, 2025, in Norfolk, Virginia. The aircraft carrier is leaving on its scheduled deployment to the U.S. European Command area of responsibility.

There's no silver bullet to the US Navy's shipbuilding woes: report

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An aircraft carrier and five vessels sail in calm blue water with a cloudy sky in the background.
The Navy's fleet size has fluctuated and shrunken as China continues to churn out more warships.

Official US Navy photo

NATO is looking to Ukraine for ways to kill drones without wasting expensive missiles

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A US Army soldier launches an AS3 Surveyor interceptor drone during a live-fire demonstration at the Deba training grounds in Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, on November 18, 2025.
NATO has identified interceptor drones as a promising new tool for air defense.

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The US military is weird about hands in pockets, and the rules are all over the place

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A solider pockets his beret in East Point, Ga., March 7, 2017.
A solider pockets his beret in East Point, Ga., March 7, 2017.

Staff Sgt. Ken Scar/US Army Reserve

Most Russians expect the war with Ukraine to end in 2026, as its economy slows

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Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian President Vladimir Putin took questions on the war and the economy during his annual televised phone-in event.

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