Russia had a golden opportunity to open a new front in Ukraine but is squandering it, military experts say

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Ukrainian soldiers defending the front line in Vovchansk on May 20.
Ukrainian soldiers defending the front line in Vovchansk on May 20, 2024.

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Photos show how being LGBTQ+ in the US military has changed

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A soldier holds up a sign saying
A US service member demonstrates against "don't ask, don't tell."

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China's latest weapon of war is a gun-toting robot dog

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A robot dog used by the Chinese military
A robot dog used by the Chinese military.

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Defense tech startup Blue Halo makes lasers that shoot drones out of the sky. This is how it got the Army to buy them.

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Blue Halo HQ
Blue Halo HQ

Blue Halo

Billionaire defense entrepreneur Palmer Luckey has a collection of items worthy of a Bond villain — including helicopters, a giant fish tank, and an underground missile base filled with video games

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Palmer Luckey

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Russian vs. Western-made tanks in the Ukraine war

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Tanks are the apex predator on Ukraine's battlefields, with modern Western tanks facing off against Soviet-designed relics. But which country has the power?

The US military isn't ready for the coming drone war

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Photo collage of Drones, and American soldiers.

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A Russian infantry vehicle darts across a war-torn field, trying to outrun a small Ukrainian drone. But there's no escaping this peculiar weapon: a high-speed, highly maneuverable flying IED.

I worked at SpaceX where Elon Musk was a cubicle away. At Elon's companies, it's add value or leave.

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Employees at SpaceX

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AI 'pilots' are getting so good they're sometimes beating humans in dogfights

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F-16 fighter jets
Some AI-controlled F-16 fighter jets (not pictured) are already outperforming human pilots in dogfights.

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Russia's military is so hard up for manpower that it now pays more than the oil and gas sector

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Russian President Vladimir Putin toasting Russian soldiers with a glass of champagne.
Russian President Vladimir Putin toasts with Russian soldiers after awarding them with the Gold Star medal on the eve of the "Heroes of the Fatherland Day" at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 8, 2022.

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