The 70-year-old B-52 bomber will basically be 'a new airplane' once it finally gets its upgrades, Trump's pick for nuclear command says

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A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam,Jan. 16, 2018.
A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress bomber lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam,Jan. 16, 2018.

U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Richard P. Ebensberger

The US will launch an ICBM across the Pacific — and no, it has nothing to do with Trump's new nuclear testing plans

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Two men stand on a barren field as an intercontinental ballistic missile launches into the sky.
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US Space Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Draeke Layman

Front-line combat video captures special ops Black Hawk raid into Pokrovsk, Ukraine's fiercest fight

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Ukrainian forces pour out of a Black Hawk helicopter near Pokrovsk.
A Black Hawk helicopter lands near Pokrovsk.

Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

The Army is turning to TikTok-famous soldiers to pump up recruiting — but it hit a snag

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Austin von Letkemann
Military influencers are able to talk about military life in ways that advertisements can't — the silly, mundane, gritty, or even just regular struggles — and that authenticity resonates with young people at a time when it's getting harder for services to find fresh recruits.

Bill McCullough for BI

Ukraine's drone-on-drone war is kicking into high gear

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Two Ukrainian crew members of an interceptor squad prepare a Sting drone from within a truck.
An interceptor crew prepares a Sting drone from their civilian vehicle. The pilot who spoke to Business Insider is the man on the left.

Wild Hornets

Climb aboard the USS New Jersey, the fastest, longest, and most decorated US battleship ever built

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The USS New Jersey battleship.
The USS New Jersey battleship.

Talia Lakritz/Business Insider

Inside a top-secret ICBM training simulator where Air Force crews practiced for doomsday scenarios during the Cold War

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Museum mannequins inside a model of a launch control center.
Museum mannequins inside the Minuteman II missile procedures trainer.

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This soldier built a side hustle on TikTok and Instagram and says it's now paying better than the Army

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Johnny Vargas
Sgt. 1st Class Johnny Vargas is among a rising class of military influencers, and he has built a booming social media and brand business from videos on his phone.

Bill McCullough for BI

The country at the heart of NATO couldn't jam and keep track of mystery drones flying over a key military base

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Flags of NATO members fly at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
Belgium said on Sunday that it failed to jam drones over one of its most vital military bases and lost track of one drone that multiple vehicles were deployed to pursue.

Simon Wohlfahrt / AFP via Getty Images

I was rejected from my dream job at Anduril and told I came across as 'aloof.' It taught me not to hide my nerves.

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Ibrahim Shah is pictured.
An Anduril recruiter told Ibrahim Shah he sounded "aloof and indifferent to the role."

Ibrahim Shah

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