Watchdog says too few of the US Air Force's flying gas stations are ready to fly missions

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An airman unloads cargo from a KC-135 Stratotanker, in Bangor, Maine,, June 3, 2026.
An airman unloads cargo from a KC-135 Stratotanker.

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New tech and tactics are giving Ukraine rare momentum against Russia

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A man wearing khaki and a helmet stands in a field at night as a large piece of weaponry fires in front of him, creating clouds of orange smoke
Ukraine is getting a new upper hand on the battlefield.

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Congress hasn't officially declared war since 1942. Presidents launched these 11 military operations anyway.

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Richard Nixon conducted a secret bombing of Cambodia without Congressional approval in 1970.

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A top NATO commander says the West can no longer count on its homelands staying safe in future wars

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A large green missile system on wheels on a road in front of an ornate red building with people in military dress standing in a line
The West's recent conflicts have allowed home countries to stay safe and removed from attacks. That's not guaranteed in the future.

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Ukraine's defense firms split themselves up to avoid being a big target. Europe now needs to do the same, they say.

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A man in a grey t-shirt and trousers and a white mask stands beside a large grey drone inside a grey room with drone parts and shelving
Ukraine's weapons makers don't work in singular, large sites, and instead break manufacturing processes up across multiple locations.

AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky

A top Ukrainian interceptor drone maker learned that faster isn't always better when hunting Russian Shaheds

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The "Sting" is among Ukraine's most popular interceptor drones.

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Russia wrapped a whole building in an anti-drone cage, satellite imagery shows. Ukraine fired on it with cruise missiles.

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The VNIIR Progress plant in Cheboksary, Russia, on May 21.
Anti-drone cage armor surrounding the Cheboksary plant in May.

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A US task force gearing up for a counter-drone fight put a new autonomous system to the test at the southern border

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A Marine wearing camouflage holds a small drone up while standing near the US southern boarder.
JIATF-401 has been testing its counter-drone systems at the border.

US Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Mary Torres

The front-line drone 'kill zone' is widening, up to 50 km in some areas. Officials say 'it's a dead zone.'

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Three men in camouflage gear in a small, dark indoor location look at a screen that has aerial footage on it
The front lines are so saturated with drones that it has created a "kill zone" where anything can be destroyed.

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Ukraine is turning heavy bomber drones into supply haulers as front-line logistics become too dangerous for humans

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Ukrainians carry a Perun drone before launching it at a training range.
Heavy bomber drones are increasingly being used for logistics missions.

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